A Fine Large Elegant Bronze Figure

Name: A Fine Large Elegant Bronze Figure
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1151692
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

Description

GOTTHILF JAEGER: a large and most impressive Art Nouveau BRONZE of a naked young woman dancing. This clearly beautiful young lady has been justifiably tenderly and beautifully modelled; a fine example of the work of this renowned sculptor. Fully signed within the integral oval bronze base. This is a large (and heavy!) bronze, measuring 64cms (over 25ins) tall. Highly recommended. circa 1900-1910.

** Gotthilf Jaeger was born in Cologne in 1871 and studied at the Karlsruhe Volz Academy of Art, under the founder, sculptor HermannVolz. Jaeger then moved to Berlin where his dramatic bronze figures won great acclaim. Later he himself taught at at the School of Applied Arts in Pforzheim. He died in 1933 at the relatively young age of 62.

Physical Dimensions

Height

64cm (25.20")

Width

32cm (12.60")

Depth

26cm (10.24")

Declaration

Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1151692

Dealers Internal Reference

5414/k

Dealers Notes

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Description

GOTTHILF JAEGER: a large and most impressive Art Nouveau BRONZE of a naked young woman dancing.

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This clearly beautiful young lady has been justifiably tenderly and beautifully modelled; a fine example of the work of this renowned sculptor.

Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

Fully signed within the integral oval bronze base. This is a large (and heavy!) bronze, measuring 64cms (over 25ins) tall. Highly recommended. circa 1900-1910.

fig 1. A FINE LARGE ELEGANT BRONZE FIGURE — fig 1. A Fine Large Elegant Bronze Figure

Gotthilf Jaeger was born in Cologne in 1871 and studied at the Karlsruhe Volz Academy of Art, under the founder, sculptor HermannVolz. Jaeger then moved to Berlin where his dramatic bronze figures won great acclaim. Later he himself taught at at the School of Applied Arts in Pforzheim. He died in 1933 at the relatively young age of 62.