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Deux figures en porcelaine de Berlin blanche formant pendants représentant Apollon et Daphné, Berlin, respectivement après 1945 et vers 1930
A pair of Berlin white figures of Apollo and Daphne, after 1945 and circa 1930
A pair of Berlin white figures of Apollo and Daphne, after 1945 and circa 1930
29 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€2,000 - €3,000
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Deux figures en porcelaine de Berlin blanche formant pendants représentant Apollon et Daphné, Berlin, respectivement après 1945 et vers 1930
A pair of Berlin white figures of Apollo and Daphne, after 1945 and circa 1930
A pair of Berlin white figures of Apollo and Daphne, after 1945 and circa 1930
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, each on a rectangular base with rounded corners with a support of rockwork, a tree-stump and reeds, both with incised signature "Scheurich" to rear of base, 39cm high, sceptre marks in underglaze-blue, Apollo with incised 11040, impressed A and marks; Daphne with impressed 11047 and letter A, (2)
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Paul Scheurich exhibited three plaster models intended for production in porcelain at the Autumn 1917 exhibition of the Berlin Secession, including the figures of Apollo and Daphne. Despite the great success of Scheurich's Ballet Russes figures at Meissen from 1914, in the absence of its Commercial Director, Max Adolf Pfeiffer, the manufactory rejected Scheurich's offer of these new figures. He consequently offered them to Theodor Schmuz-Baudiss, the Artistic Director of the KPM Berlin manufactory, who purchased the figure of a reclining lady (later known as Ruhende (Daphne)) in December 1917 and the figures of Daphne and Apollo in January 1918, each for RM 1,500. The first figures were produced in porcelain in February 1918: they were an immediate success for the Berlin manufactory and have remained in production ever since (Tim Gronert, Porzellan der KPM Berlin 1918-1988, 2020, pp. 70-71). Another Apollo and Daphne pair sold in these Rooms, from The Prof. J. Rafael Collection, 14 April 2022, lot 14.
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