Bronze with brownish patina. Signature and foundry mark “BRONZE ART STRANSKY” at the bottom on the reverse. From an edition of four posthumous casts. 75 x 24 x 6 cm.
Posthumous cast based on a wooden sculpture (1949). No cast of “Aurora” was made during the artist's lifetime.
- Based on a wooden sculpture Margarete Moll made during her time in England (1947-1951), where she came into contact with artists such as Reg Butler and Henry Moore. - She was represented in important exhibitions alongside Käthe Kollwitz, Milly Steger, and Renée Sintenis at the beginning of the 20th century. - Margarete Moll was Henri Matisse's only German student in Paris. - She began her sculptural work even before Käthe Kollwitz, Emy Roeder, and Renée Sintenis. - The bronze was part of the extensive exhibition of the artist's work, “Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns - Zwei Künstlerpaare der Moderne” at the Museum Wiesbaden (October 13, 2023-February 18, 2024).
LITERATURE: Werner Filmer, Marg Moll. Eine deutsche Bildhauerin 1884-1977, no p. 2024, illustrated on p. 169 (different copy). - Roman Zieglgänsberger (ed.), Gemischtes Doppel. Die Molls und die Purrmanns, Petersberg/Wiesbaden 2023, illustrated on p. 212.
FERDINAND HODLER 
