JOSEF MARIO KORBEL (ALSO KNOWN AS MARIO JOSEPH KORBEL OR MAR - Lot 186

JOSEF MARIO KORBEL (ALSO KNOWN AS MARIO JOSEPH KORBEL OR MARIO J. KORBEL) (1882-1954) SCULPTOR (CZECH SCHOOL) & PAUL JEANNENEY (1861-1920) CERAMIST "Young boy's head" 1909 Sculpted portrait. Grey-beige glazed stoneware proof. Signed J. KORBEL under enamel on the base of one shoulder; signed and dated JEANNENEY 1909 under enamel on the back of the base. H. 40 cm - W. 30 cm - D. 15 cm Exhibition and related work : Salon de la Société nationale des beaux-arts - Paris, Grand-Palais, April 15 to June 30, 1909. Two works by the artist exhibited at this show - Miss Leete, portrait marbre - under number 1873 and - M.D., portrait bronze - under number 1874. Three works by Korbel had already been exhibited at the SNBA show the previous year in 1908 - no trace of titles and numbers. Bibliography : Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (S.N.B.A.) - Catalogue illustré du Salon 1909 - Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Grand-Palais, Paris (15 avril - 30 juin 1909), Ch. Hérissey et Fils Éditeurs, Évreux, 1909. A bronze proof of the model referenced under catalog number 1874, page XLII. Bibliographical details : ... [After practicing this trade [the artist worked for a company specializing in ornamental interior moldings] for several years, in Chicago and Milwaukee, Korbel returned to Europe after 1905 for formal training. After a brief stay in Berlin, he went to Munich, where he attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts for three years before moving on to Paris. There, he took courses at the Académie Julian and, according to one source, exhibited in one of the Paris salons in 1909. At the same time, Korbel returned to Chicago, where he opened a studio] ... In Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkrantz - Rediscoveries in American Sculpture - Studio Works 1893-1939 - University of Texas Press, Austin, 1989, pp. 95-104 Expert : Emmanuel EYRAUD Cracks