Auction House

Auction: Art Nouveau & Design

17. June 2019, 2:00 pm

Object overview
Object

0217

George Minne

(Gent 1866 - 1941 Laethem-St. Martin)

„The Great Kneeling“
design: 1932
bronze patinated; signed on the plinth laterally: "George Minne"
h. 114 cm

Provenance

private collection, Germany, acquired by the current owner from a close relative of George Minne

Literature

cf. Collection les contemporains. George Minne par Leo van Puyvelde, Bruxelles 1930, cat. no. 26, p. 24;
cf. Inga Rossi-Schrimpf, George Minne. Das Frühwerk und seine Rezeption in Deutschland und Österreich bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg, Weimar 2012, ill. P 21, p. 376

Estimate: € 45.000 - 70.000
Result: € 76.800 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.