Ornamental Putto

Lot 4095 limit € 120

Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur KPM Berlin (blue scepter mark), designed by Paul Scheurich 1940-42, from the centerpiece Birth of Beauty for J. von Ribbentrop, putto with 2 shawms in her raised hands, sitting on a naturalistic shell and wave base, white porcelain, H approx. 18 cm, second half of the 20th century; Paul Scheurich (1883-1945), graphic artist, painter and sculptor, 1900-02 studied at the Art Academy in Berlin, from 1912 first works for the Meissen, KPM and Nymphenburg manufactories, around 1913 stage designs for Max Reinhardt, 1923 professor, from 1929 banknotes based on his designs, 1935 stage curtain in the German Opera House in Berlin, 1937 participation in the World Exhibition in Paris, is considered one of the most important sculptors of the first half of the 20th century, he created 111 models for the Meissen Manufactory alone, the centerpiece was his last work