Sculpture "Standing Female with Jug" (design 1928, remodelled), bronze reduction
Sculpture "Standing Female with Jug" (design 1928, remodelled), bronze reduction
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 199 copies | numbered | signed | hallmarked | bronze | patinated | reduction | size 6.5 x 32 x 5.5 cm | weight 1.5 kg
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Sculpture "Standing Female with Jug" (design 1928, remodelled), 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. This sculpture is one of the few surviving works before the Second World War. Its bronze 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 32 x 5,5 cm. Weight 1,5 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
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. It is an ideal metal for high-quality artistic castings, capable of enduring for millennia.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. This is the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of their work. This model is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out, leaving a negative mould. Liquid wax is then 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, where the wax melts away (lost mould).
Finally, the negative mould is ready, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken apart, reavoling the sculpture.
Next, the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist or by a specialist, following their instructions. Thus, each casting is 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 elaborate lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
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Term for an art object (sculpture, installation) that, according to the artist’s intention, is produced in multiple copies within a limited and numbered edition.
Multiples enable the "democratization" of art by making the work accessible and affordable for a wider audience.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, 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.