Liegende (Liegender weiblicher Torso). 1949.
Bronze with golden patina.
Underside with the artist's name and the foundry mark "Bronze Art Stransky“. From an edition of eight copies (and two "e.a." copies). 9.7 x 39.5 x 6.5 cm (3.8 x 15.5 x 2.5 in).
Posthumous cast made by the bronze foundry Stransky, Nörvenich, in 1995. [AM].
• Through a striking reduction of the form, the artist created a subtly balanced bronze.
• In 1949, the artist made the wooden sculpture "Liegende“, on which this work is based, when she was living in England.
• Marg Moll is the only German female sculpting student of Henri Matisse in Paris.
• The comprehensive exhibition "Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns – Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne“ featuring works by the artist, will be shown at the Museum Wiesbaden in autumn 2023 (10/13/2023–2/18/2024).

We are grateful to Mr Werner Filmer, Margarethe Moll Estate, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland Palatinate.

LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, Munich 2017, illu. p. 115.