Figure en porcelaine blanche représentant une femme à la chaise, Meissen, 1930-1933 A white Meissen figure of a lady (Ruhende), circa 1930-1933Modelled by Paul Scheurich as a fashionable lady lying on a chaise longue, an open book on the ground below, on a stepped rectangular base, 24 cm high, 29.5cm long, 14.5cm wide, crossed swords mark and dot between hilts in underglaze-blue, incised 'SCHEURICH 29' to top of base, incised model number A 1216 and impressed 'Bossierer' numeral 136 (restoration to tips of feet)FootnotesExhibited: Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 In Autumn 1928, having spent more than five years in seclusion, Scheurich resurfaced in the midst of the excitement and life of the golden 1920s in Berlin, giving him plenty of new inspiration and regained creativity. The model of the Ruhende was one of the first new works by the recovered artist, a charming and slightly humorous depiction of the 'modern' woman lounging on a chaise-longue, a book forgotten at the foot of the settee. Scheurich intended that this figure remain undecorated, according to a note on the sketch for lot the group Türke und Türkin zu Pferde (Rafael 1995, p. 80). The Meissen factory received the model in June 1929, having purchased it for RM 3,000. It was produced in porcelain from 1930 but the first sale was only in 1936 and, by the end of 1945 only eight examples had gone into the trade, despite the model receiving the Grand Prix at the Paris World Exhibition in 1937.
Figure en porcelaine blanche représentant une femme à la chaise, Meissen, 1930-1933 A white Meissen figure of a lady (Ruhende), circa 1930-1933Modelled by Paul Scheurich as a fashionable lady lying on a chaise longue, an open book on the ground below, on a stepped rectangular base, 24 cm high, 29.5cm long, 14.5cm wide, crossed swords mark and dot between hilts in underglaze-blue, incised 'SCHEURICH 29' to top of base, incised model number A 1216 and impressed 'Bossierer' numeral 136 (restoration to tips of feet)FootnotesExhibited: Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 In Autumn 1928, having spent more than five years in seclusion, Scheurich resurfaced in the midst of the excitement and life of the golden 1920s in Berlin, giving him plenty of new inspiration and regained creativity. The model of the Ruhende was one of the first new works by the recovered artist, a charming and slightly humorous depiction of the 'modern' woman lounging on a chaise-longue, a book forgotten at the foot of the settee. Scheurich intended that this figure remain undecorated, according to a note on the sketch for lot the group Türke und Türkin zu Pferde (Rafael 1995, p. 80). The Meissen factory received the model in June 1929, having purchased it for RM 3,000. It was produced in porcelain from 1930 but the first sale was only in 1936 and, by the end of 1945 only eight examples had gone into the trade, despite the model receiving the Grand Prix at the Paris World Exhibition in 1937.
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