Lot 1001: A rare Art Nouveau figure 'Femal tires player'

Lewin-Funcke Arthur Wilhelm Otto, Dresden 1866 - vor 1929, A rare Art Nouveau figure 'Femal tires player', German, around 1905. Bronze with dark patina, figure h. 27 cm, on high plinth (min. chips) h. 15,5 cm, on plinth sign. 'Lewin-Funcke', foundary mark 'Akt. Ges. vorm. H. Gladenbeck u. Sohn', indistingt numbered 13741, tire min. loose. - German sculptor and medalist, apprenticeship for ivory carvers, and then visit the Technical Training School in Berlin. 1890-1895 studies at the Art Academy Berlin, study tour to Rome and one year of study at the Académie Julian in Paris. Lewin Funckes oeuvre includes portraits of children and small ivory statuettes and especially female nudes. - Mus.: Berlin (National Gallery and Gipformerei SMB), New York (MET), et.al. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker.