Inkwell โ€œReposโ€ Gustav Gurschner ca. 1900

SKU 822 ,

Inkwell โ€œReposโ€ (rest), Gustav Gurschner, probably Paris World Exhibition 1900

  • Height: 14.5cm
  • Length: 14cm
  • Width: 35.5cm
  • Date: 1900
    Epoch: Art Nouveau
    Technique: bronze, cast; wood plinth; original glass cup from 1900
    marked โ€œGURSCHNERโ€, โ€œVIENNEโ€, โ€œ1900โ€ and โ€œREPOSโ€ Bib.: depicted in the catalogue raisonnรฉ Gustav Gurschner, inv. no. GG-1900008; inkwell mentioned in โ€œDie Kunst-Halleโ€, No.2, 1900/1901, Berlin, p.326; compare inkwell depicted in โ€œLโ€™ art dรฉcoratif: revue de lโ€™art ancien et de la vie artistique moderneโ€, August 1900, p.195.
    โ‚ฌ6.500,00 incl. VAT
    SKU 822 ,
    Description

    This bronze inkwell was created in the context of the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. We see this in the markings โ€œVIENNEโ€ and โ€œREPOSโ€ in French language and in its year of creation โ€œ1900โ€. During a two-year stay in Paris, Gustav Gurschner came into contact with the sculptures of Auguste Rodin, whose influence can be clearly seen in this object. The nude figure is depicted with great detail and emotion.

    The inkwell is described in 1900 in โ€œDie Kunst-Halleโ€, a magazine for arts and crafts, as follows: โ€œ[โ€ฆ] an inkwell, which [Gurschner] calls โ€œReposโ€, depicts a half-inclined overturned barrel, against which, leaning with the head, a huddled figure sleeps.โ€. Further it is stated that his work โ€œ[โ€ฆ] always reveals a very fortunate connection between the creative idea and the utilitarian purpose of the object.โ€

    Inkwell โ€œReposโ€ Gustav Gurschner ca. 1900
    โ‚ฌ6.500,00

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