Marmorgruppen (study for the sculpture "Marble Group")

 

Richardt Axel Poulsen

  1887 - 1972 (biography)

1929  

conte crayon drawing 

8 5/8 x 6" image 

in conte crayon right edge 

1 of 1 unique 

dated 11-12-1923 along right margin 

 

Cream laid w/ partial watermark 

 

 

2319 

$400.00 

This is a probably a study for Danish sculptor Axel Poulsen's Carrara marble sculpture "Marmorgruppen" (Marble Group) which sold at auction in Copenhagen in 2000. The sculpture measured 27-1/2 x 57-1/8 x 27 1/2 inches. It can be viewed on-line at: http://www.artnet.com/artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=D094DCBBE2B6828C See our biography on the artist for more information. The drawing is from the collection of Danish critic and author Georg Bröchner, who wrote for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century.