A Ball Player
Rudolf Kaesbach (Mönchengladbach 1873 - Berlin 1955)
Lot-No. 607
Proceeds : 3.200 €
Early 20th cent. Bronze, dark patinated, ball set in gold. Figure: H. 84 cm, modern stone plinth: H. 6 cm. Without signature and foundry stamp. An athletic young man is depicted in a dynamic posture, his head turned to the side, about to throw the golden ball. - Literature: The bronze is illustrated in: Brauchitsch, Boris von. Enthüllungen. Berlin, 2019, p. 59 - German sculptor, studied at the academies in Hanau, Paris and Brussels, in 1903 he moved into his own studio in Grunewald, Berlin. From 1911 he participated in the Great Berlin Art Exhibitions, from 1939-1943 he took part in the Great German Art Exhibitions in Munich. He mainly created nudes, dancers and animals, large marble figures and grave monuments, but also antique nude motifs as small bronzes. Initially still oriented towards Art Nouveau, he soon turned more and more towards Naturalism. Lit.: Thieme/Becker
Rudolf Kaesbach: A Ball Player
Rudolf Kaesbach (Mönchengladbach 1873 - Berlin 1955)
A Ball Player
Lot-No. 607
Proceeds : 3.200 €
Early 20th cent. Bronze, dark patinated, ball set in gold. Figure: H. 84 cm, modern stone plinth: H. 6 cm. Without signature and foundry stamp. An athletic young man is depicted in a dynamic posture, his head turned to the side, about to throw the golden ball. - Literature: The bronze is illustrated in: Brauchitsch, Boris von. Enthüllungen. Berlin, 2019, p. 59 - German sculptor, studied at the academies in Hanau, Paris and Brussels, in 1903 he moved into his own studio in Grunewald, Berlin. From 1911 he participated in the Great Berlin Art Exhibitions, from 1939-1943 he took part in the Great German Art Exhibitions in Munich. He mainly created nudes, dancers and animals, large marble figures and grave monuments, but also antique nude motifs as small bronzes. Initially still oriented towards Art Nouveau, he soon turned more and more towards Naturalism. Lit.: Thieme/Becker
