‘Open Sesame’ – A Finely Cast Bronze Concealed Erotic Figure

France, Circa 1900

£4,950

Date: Circa 1900
Origin: France
Medium: Gilt and Patinated Bronze
Signature: Signed ‘C. Kauba’.

Height: 21 cm (9 in)
Width: 8 cm (4 in)
Depth: 8 cm (4 in)

Description

‘Open Sesame’ – A Finely Cast Gilt and Patinated Bronze Concealed Erotic Figure Of A Young Woman in A Cloak, By Carl Kauba.

This rare gilt and patinated bronze by Carl Kauba is finely modelled as as a female figure, her hinged cloak in patinated bronze opening to reveal a nude figure in gilt bronze.

Carl Kauba

Carl Kauba (1865-1922) studied in Vienna under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Little is known about the life of this interesting sculptor who, in true Viennese style nearly always, but by no means exclusively, produced polychromatic bronzes, cold painted after casting and finishing.

Initially inspired by the romantic stories of the American West written by the German Carl May, his work is normally restricted to scenes from the Wild West rather than specific animals. His period casts are often by the Bergman Foundry.