Live Auction 2165Impressionist and Modern Day Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 240

Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)

Porträt Marianne Farenholtz

Closed7 May 2009

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USD 10,625

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Georg Kolbe (1877-1947)
Porträt Marianne Farenholtz
signed with monogram (on the top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'H.NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU' (on the left side of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1930; this bronze version cast by 1932

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 2007, lot 424.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Dr. Ursul Berger has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.

Marianne Farenholtz (1896-1990) was married to Wilhelm Farenholtz, a well known commodity trader from Magdeburg, Germany. The couple were eclectic in their artistic interests; as well as collecting modern art, they also patronized writers such as Stefan George and were avid supporters of the Friedrich Hölderlin Society. Marianne and Wilhelm were close friends with the artists Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Emil Nolde, and Georg Kolbe, who executed the present bust of Marianne in 1930.