Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 312Ω
A Meissen Böttger stoneware figure of God the Father, circa 1977, and a Schwarzburger Werkstätten porcelain figure of seated woman, after 1926, after models by Ernst Barlach (1870-1938)
9 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Meissen Böttger stoneware figure of God the Father, circa 1977, and a Schwarzburger Werkstätten porcelain figure of seated woman, after 1926, after models by Ernst Barlach (1870-1938)
The first as a bearded figure with outstretched arms, on a flared plinth and rectangular base, incised 'E Barlach' on one side of the plinth; the second seated with the left knee upraised on an oval base, 53cm and 23cm high, impressed crossed swords mark to rear and underside of base, the underside with impressed 'BOTTGER/ STEINZEUG' stamp, model number 85034, former's number 149 and date code for 1977 to the first; the second with impressed fox mark and manufactory name stamp, impressed model number U 11 (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century Meissen
'Schwebender Gottvater' [God the Father soaring] was the first model that Ernst Barlach submitted to the Meissen manufactory, though he had previously worked with the Meissen Director, Max Adolf Pfeiffer, when the latter was Director of the Schwarzburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst. The model was delivered by April 1922 and Pfeiffer intended the work to be the first of a limited edition by leading contemporary artists for a projected "Society of Friends of Ceramic Art." Neither Barlach nor his dealer, Paul Cassirer, were in favour, however, and the idea unfortunately foundered (C. Marusch-Crohn, Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933 Die Pfeifferzeit, p.116).
