Buste de femme en grès Böttger, Meissen, circa 1931-1933 A Meissen Böttger stonew...

Buste de femme en grès Böttger, Meissen, circa 1931-1933 A Meissen Böttger stoneware bust of a woman, circa 1931-1933 Modelled by Paul Scheurich on a high rectangular plinth, lightly polished, incised signature to base of neck on her left 'Scheurich', 33.3cm high, crossed swords mark with dot between the tips impressed to base of plinth, similar mark and 'BOTTGER/ STEINZEUG' impressed inside plinth, incised model number A.1233, incised paste number L. 241., impressed former's number 23 Footnotes: Literature: Rafael 1995a, ill. 41.2 (left) Exhibited: Meissen, Schauhalle der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, Paul Scheurich 1883-1945 Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur , 21 September 1995-10 January 1996; Meissen, Museum der Meissen Porzellan-Stiftung, Paul Scheurich. Porzellangestalter Zeichner Grafiker , 6 March 2020-21 February 2021 The identity of this portrait bust has not been conclusively established, though it closely resembles a portrait of a lady wearing a négligé titled 'Lilo' that Scheurich painted in 1930 that probably depicts the Berlin actress and diseuse, Liselott (Lilo) Wilke (Rafael 1995a, ill. 41.1). When Scheurich sent the model to Max Adolf Pfeiffer in April 1930 he requested only RM 750; he wrote '...because I know how difficult items of this type are to sell.' The bust was produced in Böttger stoneware from February 1931, though it met with limited success: the first sale is recorded in 1937 and by 1944 ten examples including one white were in the trade. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com