Philadelphia, PA
Details
- Dimensions
- 11ʺW × 8.5ʺD × 18.5ʺH
- Artist
- Margot Kempe
- Period
- 1950s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Clay
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- In very good condition with minor wear consistent with age. Please refer to photos for details. In very good condition with minor wear consistent with age. Please refer to photos for details. less
- Description
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Vintage Large Modernist Mushroom Cluster Clay Sculpture by Margot Kempe (German, 1898-1981), Signed on base. In very good condition with …
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Vintage Large Modernist Mushroom Cluster Clay Sculpture by Margot Kempe (German, 1898-1981), Signed on base. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to photos for details. Last photo is taken in full sunlight. It takes on a more brownish hue when in natural lighting.
Size: 18.5”H x 11”W x 8.5”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC.
Exhibited:
PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America. less
Philadelphia, PA
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