Adam and Eve

Stuck, Franz von
Adam and Eve

Model 1892
Bronze
73 : 68,5 : 3,5 cm
Signed lower right
Inscribed upper left and right

The (plaster) relief was first documented on a photograph showing the artist’s studio in 1893 (see attachment). Conceived c.1893 this bronze cast was possibly executed a few years after the plaster copy. It is the only existing known copy so far.

Provenance:
– Part of the garden facade of the Villa Keller, Munich, 1950s
– Private collection, Germany

Literature:
Thomas Raff: Die Kraft des Mannes und die weiche Schmiegsamkeit des Weibes – Franz von Stuck: Das plastische Werk, Tettenweiß 2011, p. 34-37, fig. 43.

Price on request