Figure en porcelaine représentant un chasseur assis, Meissen, circa 1928-1933 A Meissen figure of a seated hunter, circa 1928-1933Modelled by Paul Scheurich with his hands resting on his knees, wearing a satchel to his right side and a short sword to his left, wearing a tricorn hat with green cockade, a puce waistcoat with gilt buttons, green-lined jacket, white breeches and knee-length boots, the base moulded with foliage edged in green, 27.6cm high, crossed swords mark with dot between the tips in underglaze-blue, incised model number A 1148., impressed former's number 34FootnotesProvenance: Margot Newman, London Literature: Rafael 1995a, ill. 30.2 Exhibited: Meissen, Schauhalle der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, 21 September 1995-10 January 1996; Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 Along with Dame mit Mohrenknabe (lots 25, 27 and 28) and Dame mit Amor (lot 39), the figure of the seated hunter reveals the influence on Scheurich's art in 1919 and 1920 of 'Der Rosenkavalier: the porcelain figure resembles one of the opera's central characters, the Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, in one of Scheurich's lithographs of 'Der Rosenkavalier' (Rafael 1995, ill. 20.1 and lot 26), and the model probably dates to around 1920. Scheurich created the model in two sizes: 34cm (from which the porcelain figure was made) and ca. 90cm (one example is recorded, along with numerous paintings by Scheurich, in the Henkel Villa in Wiesbaden, which was destroyed in the war). The model for the seated hunter was among the works in Scheurich's studio when he fell ill in August 1923. Due to their precarious financial situation, Käthe Scheurich sold the model to the manufactory for RM 1,200 on 4 November 1926. The model was made in white the same year and exhibited at the Leipzig Spring fair in 1927, though the first examples were only sold in January and March 1928. It is probable that the manufactory, rather than Scheurich himself (who remained ill until the end of 1928), designed the colouring. Only five examples were sold by the end of 1931.
Figure en porcelaine représentant un chasseur assis, Meissen, circa 1928-1933 A Meissen figure of a seated hunter, circa 1928-1933Modelled by Paul Scheurich with his hands resting on his knees, wearing a satchel to his right side and a short sword to his left, wearing a tricorn hat with green cockade, a puce waistcoat with gilt buttons, green-lined jacket, white breeches and knee-length boots, the base moulded with foliage edged in green, 27.6cm high, crossed swords mark with dot between the tips in underglaze-blue, incised model number A 1148., impressed former's number 34FootnotesProvenance: Margot Newman, London Literature: Rafael 1995a, ill. 30.2 Exhibited: Meissen, Schauhalle der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur, 21 September 1995-10 January 1996; Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker, 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 Along with Dame mit Mohrenknabe (lots 25, 27 and 28) and Dame mit Amor (lot 39), the figure of the seated hunter reveals the influence on Scheurich's art in 1919 and 1920 of 'Der Rosenkavalier: the porcelain figure resembles one of the opera's central characters, the Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, in one of Scheurich's lithographs of 'Der Rosenkavalier' (Rafael 1995, ill. 20.1 and lot 26), and the model probably dates to around 1920. Scheurich created the model in two sizes: 34cm (from which the porcelain figure was made) and ca. 90cm (one example is recorded, along with numerous paintings by Scheurich, in the Henkel Villa in Wiesbaden, which was destroyed in the war). The model for the seated hunter was among the works in Scheurich's studio when he fell ill in August 1923. Due to their precarious financial situation, Käthe Scheurich sold the model to the manufactory for RM 1,200 on 4 November 1926. The model was made in white the same year and exhibited at the Leipzig Spring fair in 1927, though the first examples were only sold in January and March 1928. It is probable that the manufactory, rather than Scheurich himself (who remained ill until the end of 1928), designed the colouring. Only five examples were sold by the end of 1931.
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