August Gaul Lot n° 119

August Gaul Screech owls (Two screech owls) 1902 Bronze. Height 15,2 cm. Mounted on stone base (4,4 x 14 x 7 cm). Signed on the side of the wing of the right owl 'A. GAUL'. - With dark brown patina, the beaks partly lightened. The eyes made of black glass flux. - Partially with weak, superficial rubbing. Gabler 94 Provenance South German private collection Literature Cf. among others Angelo Walther, Der Bildhauer August Gaul (1869 - 1921), Phil. Diss. (typescript), Leipzig 1961, no. 237; Ursel Berger (ed.), Der Tierbildhauer August Gaul, Ausst. Cat. Georg Kolbe-Museum u.a., Berlin 1999, p. 191., cat.no. 28; August Gaul. The Collection of Alfons and Marianne Kottmann, exh. Cat. Museums of the City of Hanau, Hanau 2011, p. 30f. The specimens of the two oddballs were mounted on very different, uneven stone bases. There are probably a few lifetime casts, some early estate casts and some casts of more recent date.