Deux figures en porcelaine blanche formant pendants représentant Apollon et Daphné, Berlin, respectivement après 1945 et circa 1930 A pair of Berlin white figures of Apollo and Daphne, post 1945 and circa 1930Modelled by Paul Scheurich each on a rectangular base with rounded corners with a support of rockwork, a tree-stump and reeds, Apollo with incised signature 'Scheurich' to rear of base, 39cm and 38cm high, sceptre marks in underglaze-blue, Apollo with incised 11040, impressed A and marks; Daphne with impressed 11.041, 3 and year code for 1930 (2)FootnotesExhibited: Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 Paul Scheurich exhibited three plaster models intended for production in porcelain at the Autumn 1917 exhibition of the Berlin Secession, including the figures of Apollo and Daphne. Despite the great success of Scheurich's Ballet Russes figures at Meissen from 1914, in the absence of its Commercial Director, Max Adolf Pfeiffer, the manufactory rejected Scheurich's offer of these new figures. He consequently offered them to Theodor Schmuz-Baudiss, the Artistic Director of the KPM Berlin manufactory, who purchased the figure of a reclining lady (later known as Ruhende (Daphne)) in December 1917 and the figures of Daphne and Apollo in January 1918, each for RM 1,500. The first figures were produced in porcelain in February 1918: they were an immediate success for the Berlin manufactory and have remained in production ever since (Gronert 2020, pp. 70-71).
Deux figures en porcelaine blanche formant pendants représentant Apollon et Daphné, Berlin, respectivement après 1945 et circa 1930 A pair of Berlin white figures of Apollo and Daphne, post 1945 and circa 1930Modelled by Paul Scheurich each on a rectangular base with rounded corners with a support of rockwork, a tree-stump and reeds, Apollo with incised signature 'Scheurich' to rear of base, 39cm and 38cm high, sceptre marks in underglaze-blue, Apollo with incised 11040, impressed A and marks; Daphne with impressed 11.041, 3 and year code for 1930 (2)FootnotesExhibited: Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 Paul Scheurich exhibited three plaster models intended for production in porcelain at the Autumn 1917 exhibition of the Berlin Secession, including the figures of Apollo and Daphne. Despite the great success of Scheurich's Ballet Russes figures at Meissen from 1914, in the absence of its Commercial Director, Max Adolf Pfeiffer, the manufactory rejected Scheurich's offer of these new figures. He consequently offered them to Theodor Schmuz-Baudiss, the Artistic Director of the KPM Berlin manufactory, who purchased the figure of a reclining lady (later known as Ruhende (Daphne)) in December 1917 and the figures of Daphne and Apollo in January 1918, each for RM 1,500. The first figures were produced in porcelain in February 1918: they were an immediate success for the Berlin manufactory and have remained in production ever since (Gronert 2020, pp. 70-71).
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