Lot 696: Josef Wackerle Partenkirchen 1880 - Partenkirchen

Josef Wackerle
Partenkirchen 1880 - Partenkirchen 1959
A big figure 'Female cradler'
Nymphenburg, 20th cent. Design by J. Wackerle around 1925. White porcelain. A woman kneeling down to cut some flowers with a sickle, on her back a basket with cut flowers. On an oval plinth. Manufactory mark. H. 40 cm, l. 46 cm. - For the design see: Ziffer,Nymphenburger Moderne, München 1997, pic. 402, p. 303 f. - sculptor, painter and designer, since the end of 1905 as a freelancer at the Nymphenburg manufactory, his works had a strong influence on figural sculpture and recieved great public attention.