About the Artwork
The Dancer
1914
Georg Kolbe
1877-1947
German
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 31 5/8 × 17 1/2 × 9 inches (80.3 × 44.5 × 22.9 cm) Overall (sculpture): 25 5/8 × 17 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (65.1 × 44.5 × 21.9 cm) Overall (base): 6 × 9 5/8 × 5 1/4 inches (15.2 × 24.4 × 13.3 cm)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Gift of Mrs. George Kamperman in memory of her husband Dr. George Kamperman
64.261
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Markings
Signed, on base, beside left foot: G K
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Marks: H. NOACK | BERLIN FRIEDENAN
Provenance
1921, possibly (Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Germany)
possibly (Buchholz Gallery, New York, New York)
Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Berger, Ursela. Georg Kolbe: Leben und Wek, Mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum. Berlin, 1990, cat. no. 23, pp. 228-231 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 44, no. 1, p. 10; pp. 13 and 19 (ill.).
Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, no. 261 (ill.).
Uhr, H. Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1982, p. 130 (ill.).
The Influence of Paris: European and American Sculpture 1830-1930. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1981, cat. no. 19, p. 26 (ill.).
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Georg Kolbe, The Dancer, 1914, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. George Kamperman in memory of her husband Dr. George Kamperman, 64.261.
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