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Georg Kolbe

Waldheim, Saxony 1877 – 1947 Berlin

”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19

Bronze with dark brown patina, mounted on stone base. Dimensions without base: 65 × 41 × 20 cm (25 ⅝ × 16 ⅛ × 7 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.
This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Georg Kolbe. ”Tänzer Nijinsky”. 1913/19.

Estimate:

EUR 80,000

 

- 120,000

USD 94,100

 

- 141,000

Sold for:

203,200 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 370

Thursday, November 27th 2025, 2:00 PM

Information

Bronze with dark brown patina, mounted on stone base. Dimensions without base: 65 × 41 × 20 cm (25 ⅝ × 16 ⅛ × 7 ⅞ in.). Monogrammed on the plinth at the back on the left: GK. Georg Kolbe-Museum online catalogue raisonné W 19.008 (this cast not listed). One of circa 20 casts of the second version. Cast during the artist's lifetime. [3101]

We would like to thank Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin, for kindly providing additional information.

Carl Georg Heise, Berlin / Walter Bauer, Fulda (acquired 1940 from the above-mentioned, since then in family estate)

Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Ursel Berger, Berlin, dated 31 October 2025.

Arnold und Anneliese von Borsig (ed.): Privatkatalog der Sammlung Walter Bauer]. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, [1941], unpaginated., ill. („Der Tänzer“, with differung dimensions) / Ursel Berger: Georg Kolbe. Leben und Werk, mit dem Katalog der Kolbe-Plastiken im Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin, 1990, cat. no. 23

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