Lot 1136: An impressive pair of monumental figures 'Horse Tamers'

Wackerle Josef
Partenkirchen 1880 - Partenkirchen 1959
An impressive pair of monumental figures 'Horse Tamers'
Nymphenburg, around 1941. Model from 1921. A tall pair of polychrome painted horses with taming figures on richly embellished rocaille bases. The bases with plastical fruit decoration and hunting scenes. One tamer as a black figure, dressed in a uniform of the 18th cent. (h. 64 cm, model no. '668'). The other dressed in a Bavarian uniform (h. 62 cm, model no. '891', the legs of the horse rep.). Manufactory mark and blind embossing. - Lit.: Ziffer, Nymphenburger Moderne, Eurasburg 1997, p. 250f.