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BERNHARD HOETGER (1874 - 1949)

Bernhard HOETGER (1874 - 1949)
Laughing Buddha "The Light", circa 1912

sculpture in brown ochre wax spangled with gold, signed. Wooden base

Note: Titled "Bronze d'humour" in the monumental version cast in 1914, this model was created as part of the cycle of 15 figures from the "Sides of Light and Shadow" for the Darmstadt artists' colony at the Mathildenhöhe.

Ceramic examples can be found in the collections of the Mathildenhöhe Institute (Darmstadt), the Focke-Museum (Bremen) and the Museum Ostwall (Dortmund), among others.

Provenance: Private collection, Belgium

Bibliography:
Uta BERNSMEIER, Licht und Schatten, Catalogue of the exhibition at the Bremen State Museum 16.04 - 13.06.1993, Bremen, page 58
Two cracks H: 16 cm W: 10 cm Depth: 11 cm

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