PORCELAIN APPLIQU?"RHESUS MONKEY SITTING IN BRANCHES".
Meissen. 1927-1934. Model P. Walther; 1927.

Porcelain; enriched in colours. Appliqu?formed from stylised leaves with a rhesus monkey sitting on it; holding a banana. Height 53cm.
Pfeiffer mark; three grinds; K245x; embossing no. 76; at the back presumably with painter's signature; designer's logo PW for Paul Walther. Condition A/B.

Literature:
-Marusch-Krohn: Meissener Porzellan 1918-1933. Die Pfeifferzeit; Leipzig 1993; for the
models by Walthers see p.136-137; 174.
-Walcha; Otto: Mei遪er Porzellan; Dresden 1973; p.194-195.

Louis Clemens Paul Walther (1876-1933); a native of Meissen; came to the manufactory in
1891 as a drawing student. In the following years he completed apprenticeships as a lathe
operator and embosser and finally; from 1906; became a self-designing modeller. Walther is
considered; along with Max Esser; to be the most important Meissen animal sculptor of the
Pfeiffer period. As an artist he was purely self-taught; but in 1913 and 1914 he attended
lectures on animal anatomy at the Dresden Art Academy.
Walther's designs captivate with their characteristic beauty. He combines reserved forms;
which reduce the animal to its essential characteristics; with strong naturalistic
features. Like many of his animal figures from the creative phase at the beginning of the
Pfeiffer period; our rhesus monkey is also set in scene by a strong frame action. The
construction of the Applike is based on clear geometric forms; which Walther breaks open
with balanced; naturalistic accents. His sculpture thus becomes a multi-faceted;
decorative staging.


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