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Description
‘Zwei Frauen’ (‘Two Woman’ or ‘Due Ragazze’)
Biography: Eugen Mayer-Fassold
Displayed in 1924 under the name ‘Due Ragazze’ at the XIV Biennale in Venice.
Depicted in the official art catalogue of the Biennale.
The sculpture was also depicted in ‘Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration’, 1921 and in ‘Die Kunst für alle’, 1922/ 1923.
Created 1921/ 1922.
Eugen Mayer-Fassold, ‘Due Raggaze’, depicted on page 137 of the official art catalogue of the XIV Biennale, 1924, in Venice.
Eugen Mayer-Fassold, ‘Due Raggaze’. Photo: archive of the Biennale di Venezia.
Left: Eugen Mayer-Fassold, ‘Zwei Frauen’, depicted in ‘Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration’, 1921.
Right: Eugen Mayer-Fassold, ‘Zwei Frauen’, depicted in ‘Die Kunst für alle’, 1922/ 1923.
Eugen Mayer-Fassold, ‘Zwei Frauen’. X-ray photos (2017).
| – condition | : II |
| – size | : height 67 cm |
| – signed | : at the foot |
| – type | : bronze |
| – misc. I | : date of creation 1921/ 1922 |
| – misc. II | : displayed ath the Venice Biennale, 1924* |
* Mayer-Fassold was not known for producing more casts from the same model. Over the last 3 decades we have hardly seen any other notable bronze or stone sculptures by Mayer-Fassold on offer.
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