Seger, Ernst (1868 Neurode - 1939 Berlin)

Lot 2572 limit € 2.500

Carrara marble, "Reclining Amazon", female nude looking to the side and leaning on a rock, signed on the back of the naturalistic base, left hand restored, minor signs of age, H approx. 59.5 cm, with original document from the Chemnitz art salon Gerstenberger , invoice dated 17. II. 1911 (damaged), ibid. titled, from 1884 studied with Christian Behrens and Robert Haertel at the Breslau Art School, 1893/94 worked in the studio of Auguste Rodin in Paris, from 1894 in the studio in Berlin, the Art Nouveau artist is known for his aesthetic girl figures, which he formed in alabaster, bronze and biscuit porcelain, the "Resting Amazon" in Carrara marble is an impressive example of his masterly work