Auction Archive Finds - Winter 2011

Max Koch (1859-1930) Bathers

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Here are the last postings of Auction House archives and a few current listings. There is one contemporary work, Nancy Grossman's "Figure with Folded Arms" that really got my attention in her use of materials and color in that work. Hans von Bartels' (1856-1913) "Farm Boy working in the Field" really hit me with his use of texture, motion, and color. Enjoy.

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Richard Flockenhaus - Nude Young Girl

Unsigned - Standing Male Nude Holding an Orb

Max Thedy - (1858-1924) Male Nude

Max Thedy - (1858-1924) Sitting Female Nude

Ernst Wohlk - Female Nude

William Etty (1787-1849) Study for David

William Etty (1787-1849) Full Length Study for David

William Etty (1787-1849) A Nymph

Wilhelm von Kaulbach - St. Lawrence on the Grill - 1887

Wilhelm Trubner (1851-1917) untitled

Wilhelm Kumm (1861-?) Gaius Macius Scaevola

Walter Miehe (1883-1972) Bathing

Venitian School - Bacchanal - um 1700

Franz Stuck (1863-1928) Luzifer

Ernst-Oscar Simonsen-Castelli (?) untitled

Max Seliger (1865-1920) Nackter Mann im Wald - 1897

Erich Schmidt-Kest - Abschiedsszene

Alfred Schmedingen - Male Nude

Robert Edouard Henze (1827-1906) Scherzo - 1900

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Nancy Grossmann (1940- ) Figure Standing with Folded Arms (1972)

Monogrammist "SH" - Two Studies of Bathers on a Beach

Albert Maennchen - Standing Female Nude

Luigi Bechi (1830-1919) Children Eating Bread and Apples

Ker Xavier Roussel (1867-1944) Idyll

Jacob de Backer - Attrib. - Paradieslandschaft

Italian, mid 19th Century - Boy Playing a Flute - Carved Wood

Henry Campotost (1833-1910) The Apotheosis of Queen Victoria

Hans von bartels (1856-1913) Farm Boy Working in the Field

Giuseppe Giardiello (1877-1920) Fisher Boy

Gerard Seghers (1591-1651) (Workshop) Resurrection

Gerard Seghers (1591-1651) Christ at the Column

17th Century Flemish School - Bacchus und Ariade

Carl Fenn - Mother and Child

Eugene Deully (1860-1933) Eve - 1887

English School - Syrens

David Scott (1806-1849) The Patriarch

Carl Gotthelf Kuchler (1807-1843) Hylas Surrounded by Three Naliads - 1836

Barockgemalde - Johannesknabe mit dem Lamm - Unsigned 17-18th Cent.

Art Deco - Aktmaler um 1920

Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) St. Sebastian

Alexander Rothaug (1870-1946) At The Pond

19th Century Italian School - Angel with Torch and Flowers

17th Century Italian School - Venus and Cupid

Theodor Krause (1868-1956) Stehender Nackter Jungling - Standing Nude Male Youth

The Theodor Krause academic drawing of a standing nude youth arrived this morning from the Leipzig Auction house. I scanned it in two pieces and stitched it together so that the detail in the drawing could be seen easily. (below)
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Carlos Grethe (1864-1913) Gegen den Strom (Against the Current) Circa 1900

This is a little off topic but bear with me and enjoy this fine work. It may stimulate some creative juices out there. This morning I browsed the current auction catalog of Auctionshaus Geble, Radolfzell, DE and this fine painting really took my breath away. Sometimes I am browsing along, going through hundreds of artworks looking for exceptional nudes and all of a sudden something else catches my eye. Although this painting is outside my collecting purview, to my eye it really represents a perfect collective storm of drawing, composition, movement, creating and releasing stress, color, brushstroke, and just plain perfect draftsmanship. Carlos Grethe (1864-1913) was a member of the Munich Seccession and co-founder of the Stuttgard and Karlsruhe Artists Association during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is well known as a marine and genre painter. This particular painting, according to the description, was exhibited at the Leipzig Art Association Exhibition. The title of the painting is: Gegen den Strom (Against the Current).
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Rudolf Henn (1880-1955) Nackter Jungling mit Spiegel (Nude Ephebe with Mirror) Ca. 1900

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I am happy to say that this beautiful utilitarian bronze of an ephebe holding a mirror will be coming into my collection next week. I took the lot in an auction in Germany yesterday.

Rudolf Henn (1880-1955) did numerous sculptures during the Art Deco period. He is well known for his fountains and small idealized bronzes. He was also a noted WPA sculptor who lived in New York and worked with Heinz Warneke, Theodore Barbarossa, Richmond Barthe, and Erwin Springweiller for four years on the Harlem River Houses Project in NYC. Many of his bronze artworks are of children and include fountain sculptures.
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Caption: Nude Ephebe Holding a Mirror

Artist: Rudolf Henn (1880-1955)
Material: Cast Bronze

Dated: ca. 1900-1920

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Here are a few examples of Hen's other works:

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A Few Gems From The Current Auction Season:

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Here are a few notable lots in the current season:
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Annibale Lotto's "Boy Bitten by a Crab"....... ca. 1900

(?) Neeb ... Young Faun - 1904

Rudolf Henn (1880-1955) Nude ephebe Holding a Mirror - 1900-20

Barbieri, Attributed to Giovanni Francesso (1591-1666) Sitting Male Nude

19th Century French School - The Signatory - 1810

Franz Reinhardt - Figures on Horseback

Friedrich Rehberg (1758-1835) Male Nude Study

Carl August Liner (1871-1946) Untitled

Monogrammist "R.N." - Male Nude in Studio Pose

19th Century Nazarine School - Christus am Freuz

Paul E. Chabas (1869-1937) Three Nude Females at Bath

Walther Teusch (1883-1964) Kind mit Blumen auf einer Wiese - 1918