STANDING AND SITTING ACT, 1912 Pair of sculptures, gilt bronze, green marble (base), height of sculptures 13 and 27 cm, total 16 and 37 cm
Engraved signature on standing nude: E Seger. 1912
Ernest SEGER
1868 Nowa Ruda - 1939 Berlin
German sculptor. From 1884 to 1886 he studied at the Breslau Kunstschule with R. Haertl, then with Chr. Behrens in the studio at the Breslau Museum. From 1893 to 1894 he studied in Paris with A. Rodin. From 1895 he settled in Berlin. In 1908 he became a professor at the Berlin Academy. His works are in numerous museums (Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart), as well as in private collections.
Asking price 8000
Estimate 10000 - 12000