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Bronze, hollow-worked, with dark brown patina Germany, 1918 William Ernst Hermann Wauer (1866-1962) - German sculptor and film director Signed lower right at the shoulder ‘W. Wauer’, numbered ‘II/VII’ and foundry mark ‘W. FÜSSEL 1 BERLIN 10 GUSS’ Edition: 7 casts with Roman numbers + 1 HC Catalogue raisonné: Wilhelm Wauer, Edition Panderma Carl Laszlo, Basel 1979, p. 13 Height: circa 55 cm Very good condition Provenance: Collection Bazon Brock (acquired in 1977 from Galerie Brockstedt) Massive and oversized portrait bust in the expressionist style. The current highest auction record for a similar bronze bust of William Wauer is more than €80,000 William Wauer (1866-1962) met the Swede Nell Walden – since 1912 the wife of the musician, writer, publisher and gallery owner Herwarth Walden, in Herwarth’s gallery Sturm in Berlin. The gallery was located on Potsdamer Straße 134 a. and exhibited among others works of the Blaue Reiter. The gallery was, like the magazine ‘Der Sturm’, to which also contributed Oskar Kokoschka, an important mouthpiece of the Expressionism. Besides Rudolf Blümner and Lothar Schreyer, Wauer belonged to the close circle of the Sturm visitors. He met Nell Walden regularly at the gallery and made the bust there. The monumental work is characterized by simplicity and asymmetry as well as by a dramatic exaggeration of the form. Condition: The bronze is in very good condition, showing only the lightest abrasion of the paint and superficial signs of use. The height is circa 55 cm. William Wauer (1866-1962) From 1884 to 1887, William Wauer studied at the art academies in Dresden and Berlin, then in Munich. He continued his education in San Francisco, New York and Leipzig. Afterwards, he worked as an art critic and editor, then as a theater director in Berlin. From 1913, he made movies. In 1918, he exhibited for the first time his own sculptures at the 61st exhibition at the gallery ‘Der Sturm’. In the 1920s, Wauer was also involved in the Bauhaus by Walter Gropius. In 1924, he founded the International Association of ‘Expressionists, Cubists, Futurists and Constructivists’ (later ‘Abstracts’). In the Third Reich, Wauer was prohibited to expose his works. After the war, he worked as a lecturer in West Berlin. (cko) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Auctionata charges the resale rights tax pursuant to Section 26 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG) towards the buyer in case of the sale of an original work of art or photography prior to 70 years having lapsed since the death of their creator. Therefore, Auctionata charges when purchasing a good – if a protection as an original work of art or photography is given – starting from a hammer price of EUR 400 an additional amount, which is calculated according to Section 26 (2) German Copyright Act (UrhG) and which does not exceed the amount of EUR 12,500. You can find more information about resale rights tax in Auctionata´s table of fees and T&C.