Faun und Nixe. Um 1918.
Bronze with brownish patina.
With the signature "Franz von Stuck" on th efront of the plinth. "MODEL" scratched inside the plinth. 53.5 x 13 x 9 cm (21 x 5.1 x 3.5 in).

• Copies of this motif from Stuck's sculptural oeuvre are very rare on the auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Emblematic figures from Stuck's creation: Faun and mermaid are typical figures in his mythology.
• Key motif: Fauns and mermaids appear on many paintings, drawings and decorations in his Munich villa.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection Saarland (acquired before 1994).

EXHIBITION: (Selection, each a diffeent copy)
Münchner Kunstausstellung im Glaspalast, Munich 1925, no. 2434.
Große Berliner Kunstausstellung am Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin 1925, no. 988.
Sünde und Secession. Franz von Stuck in Wien, Unteres Belvedere, Wien, July 1 - October 9, 2016, p. 234 (illu.).

LITERATURE:
(Selection, each a diffeent copy)
Franz von Stuck. Maler-Graphiker-Bildhauer-Architekt, ex.cat. Museum Villa Stuck, Munich 1982, p. 188 (illu.).
Franz von Stuck. Gemälde, Zeichnung, Plastik aus Privatbesitz, ex. cat. Städtische Galerie Rosenheim et al, Salzweg 1994, no. 78 (illu.).
Thomas Raff, "Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes": Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, ex. cat. Franz von Stuck Geburtshaus Tettenweis 2011, pp. 98-101 (illu.).