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Large Art Nouveau figurine: tire player. Meissen.
Mold 1909-1923. model year: 1909, model no. A 235 (new mold no. 73301, 73m01). Model by. BOELTZIG, Reinhold(1863 Berlin - 1941 Berlin)
Height: 38.5 cm.
Painted in color, painted gold. Incised mark, press mark, painter's mark, sword mark, artist's signet. The bronze figure of the "tire thrower" is in the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts, the life-size bronze figure of the tire thrower in front of the museum was melted down in 1942. Hands, hair ribbons restored.
* Boeltzig, sculptor, studied at the academy in Berlin. 1930 Professor, board member of the Berlin Sculptors' Association. Represented at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition and at international exhibitions, received various awards * Meissen Manufactory Prize: 12,000 euros.
Literature : Bergmann (2010) illustration no. 280.
Provenance : * Partner auction Bergmann, Kurt Adelsberger Collection, part 2.
Call time 23 | Oct. 2025 | presumably 15:38 (CET)
Limit 800 €
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