Paul Scheurich (1883-1945): Très rare groupe en bronze figurant Mars et Venus, circa 1938 Paul Scheurich (1883-1945): A very rare bronze group of Mars and Venus, circa 1938 On a circular plinth, signed on the reverse 'Scheurich', 70.5cm high, foundry mark 'GUSS RICH. BARTH BLN MARIENDORF' Footnotes: Provenance: Annelies von Ribbentrop (1886-1973) Literature: Rafael 1995, ill. 16.3; Lechelt 2007, ill. 34; Rafael 2013, ill. 11 Exhibited: Berlin, Verein Berliner Künstler, Tiergartenstr. 2a Prof. Paul Scheurich. Malerei. Graphik. Plastik., 30 September-20 October 1938, no. 68; Munich, Haus der Deutschen Kunst, Grosse Deutsche Kunstausstellung, 16 July-15 October 1939, cat. no. 994 No other bronze examples of this group are recorded. The plaster model of 'Mars and Venus' is recorded in March 1936. This bronze example was commissioned by Annelies von Ribbentropp, the wife of the German Foreign Minister. The group was produced in porcelain at the KPM Berlin manufactory from 1942 (Rafael 2013, ill. 10). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com