Prayer, 1896

ArtistGeorge Minne, Gent 1866–1941 Laethem-Saint-Martin

Oak

(H x W x D)47 × 43 × 33 cm

Place of originGent (?)

Status

on display, room 015

About the workGeorge Minne has reduced the depiction of a praying woman to her head and hands. Introverted, with a lowered gaze, the figure conveys a feeling of devotion and mourning, which is reinforced by the sculpture’s contained silhouette. Against the backdrop of late nineteenth-century industrialisation, Minne addresses the sense of human helplessness in the face of increasing social hardship. At the Cologne Sonderbund exhibition in 1912, the work was presented under the title “Betende Nonne” (Praying Nun) or “Gebet” (Prayer) and was acquired the following year by the city of Düsseldorf for its newly founded museum in 1913.

AccessionAcquisition 1914

Provenance[...]; 16.1.1914 angekauft von Prof. Dr. Karl Koetschau

Inventory numberP 1952-174

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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