Bildnis Nelly Bär

1938

not on display
Karl Geiser1898 Bern – 1957 Zürich
We have 1 artwork by Karl Geiser online.
We have 616 sculptures online.
Depicted is Nelly Bär-Theilheimer (1910-1975), who was herself a sculptor and trained under Germaine Richier. Married to the banker Werner Bär, who also created sculptures, they built up an important collection together and in 1968 donated a large group of works of French sculpture from Rodin to Matisse to the Kunsthaus.
Also known as
Portrait Nelly Bär
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
object: 49 x 24 x 21 cm
Inventory number
1968/0046
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Werner and Nelly Bär Collection, 1968