Sculpture "Standing Female" (1929), bronze reduction
Sculpture "Standing Female" (1929), bronze reduction
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 199 copies | numbered | signed | hallmarked | bronze | patinated | reduction | size 6.5 x 34 x 6 cm | weight 1.4 kg
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Sculpture "Standing Female" (1929), bronze reduction
She was a student of the great Henri Matisse and one of the first, if not the first, German female sculptor of distinction. Defamed as "degenerate" in the Third Reich, some of her early works survived the Nazi era and the war only by chance.
At the end of the 1940s, Moll, who was sad about her lost works, reproduced two of her works from the 1920s. Her bronze "Standing Female" demonstrates the artist's powerful and, at the same time, sensually concentrated creative power.
Cast directly from the original and reduced in size (reduction). Sculpture in fine bronze, cast by hand using the Lost-Wax-Process and patinated. Limited edition of 199 copies, individually numbered and signed, with foundry hallmark. Size 6.5 x 34 x 6 cm. Weight 1.4 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
About Marg Moll
1884-1977 – German sculptress, painter, author
Marg Moll is considered the only German sculptor student of the French Fauve artist Henri Matisse. The Städel graduate adopted from her teacher the concept of the balance of a body and the gathering of details – the beginning of abstraction. Early on, Moll devoted herself to sculptures and created her first sculptural works long before Käthe Kollwitz. This also makes her the first female sculptor of Classical Modernism.
During the Nazi years, her works were considered degenerate. Many pieces even ended up being lost. In 1969, Moll was awarded the Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2010, one of her sculptures, "The Dancer" (1929), was found during an excavation in front of the Red City Hall in Berlin.
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of his sculpture. It is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out. The liquid wax is poured into the negative mould. After cooling down, the wax cast is removed from the mould, provided with sprues and dipped into ceramic mass. The ceramic mass is hardened in a kiln, whereby the wax flows out (lost mould).
Now we finally have the negative form, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken off and the sculpture is revealed.
Now the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist himself or, to his specifications, by a specialist. Thus, each casting becomes an original work.
For lower-quality bronze castings, the sand casting method is often used which, however, does not achieve the results of a more complex lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
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Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.
Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.