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Boy, riding on a donkey

Lost Art-ID

599852

Artist

Gaul, August

Birth

1869.10.22, Großauheim

Death

1921.10.18, Berlin

Title

Boy, riding on a donkey

Object type

Sculpture

Group of reported objects

Sculpture

Material / Technique

Bronze

Measures

19 cm

Inventory number

P 0129-ex

Description

signed: A. Gaul

A nude boy sitting on a calmly striding donkey, the left arm hangs down, the right hand lies on the thigh. Hand lies on the thigh.

Provenance

Purchase from auction house H. W. Lange, Berlin, September 25, 1941 | lost at the Ehrenbreitstein evacuation point, after/around 1945

[...]-September 25, 1941: Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin | September 25, 1941: Auction H. W. Lange, Berlin, Lot 57 | September 25, 1941-after/around 1945: Städtisches Museum, Wuppertal-Elberfeld | 1945: larceny, evacuation point Ehrenbreitstein | after/around 1945-present: whereabouts unknown

Published since

20.05.2022