Margot Kempe (German, 20th C.) - Modernist Figurative Earthenware Sculpture (ca. 1960)
Margot Kempe (German, 20th C.) - Modernist Figurative Earthenware Sculpture. Painted in black. In good condition with wear consistent with age.
Size: 12.5”W x 9.5”H x 7.25”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC where she remained until her death.
Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America.
Margot Kempe (German, 20th C.) - Modernist Figurative Earthenware Sculpture. Painted in black. In good condition with wear consistent with age.
Size: 12.5”W x 9.5”H x 7.25”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC where she remained until her death.
Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America.
Margot Kempe (German, 20th C.) - Modernist Figurative Earthenware Sculpture. Painted in black. In good condition with wear consistent with age.
Size: 12.5”W x 9.5”H x 7.25”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC where she remained until her death.
Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America.
