Standing dwarf with coat bag

Eduard Fuchs Collection acquired between 1912-1922 and in his possession there until 1933; 25.10.1933 confiscated by the Gestapo; forced sale (payment of Reichsfluchtsteuer) by his daughter Gertraud Fuchs: Auktionshaus Rudolph Lepke Berlin, Catalogue 2115, p. 8 - on 15.10 and 16.10.1937 this sculpture was auctioned under No. 51: "TONFIGUR: Stehender Zwerg mit Mantelsack; unglasiert. Teils rote Bemalung. Tang“. According to the annotated Lepke catalog (Kunsthistorische Bibliothek, Den Haag) by the director of the Staatliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin (KPM) Günther Freiherr von Pechmann (in 1938 he had to give up this post due to pressure from the NSDAP), the sculpture was auctioned for 22,- RM (estimate: 50,- RM). The minutes of the auction 2115 at the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts note "v. Pechmann" in typescript and confirm the price of 22 RM (Landesarchiv Berlin, A Rep. 243-04 Reich Chamber of Fine Arts - Landesleitung Berlin); whereabouts unknown