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Lot 134
  • 134

Erich Schmidt-Kestner German, 1877-1940

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Description

  • Erich Schmidt-Kestner
  • Der Abschiedkuss (The Parting Kiss)
  • signed: Erich Schmidt-Kestner. and inscribed: AKT. GES. GLADENBECK BERLIN. D 1438
  • bronze, dark brown patina, on beige marble base 

Catalogue Note

Schmidt-Kestner worked in Berlin and Königsberg. He exhibited almost every year at the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung from 1902 to 1915, showing a bronze cast of Der Abschiedkuss there in 1902.

RELATED LITERATURE
The Shepherd Gallery, p. 212