Friedrich Nietzsche

[1] The bust was first offered for sale by the artist in 1904 through the “Kunst-Salon”, Leipzig, a gallery owned by the foundry Gladenbeck & Sohn, Berlin, which had produced three casts of the work [Dietrich, Conny and Hansdieter Erbsmehl. “Klingers Nietzsche. Wandlungen eines Portraits 1902-1914.” Weimar 2003, p. 153]. In the same year, the Leipzig Art dealer Carl B. Lorck took over the marketing of the bronze. He exhibited it at the Leipziger Kunstverein in 1907 [“Sonderausstellung zur Feier des fünfzigjährigen Geburtstags von Max Klinger. Skulpturen, Gemälde, Radierungen, ätzungen.” Kunstverein, Leipzig: February 1907, cat no. 8]. The exhibition catalogue features an advertisment by Lorck, where he offers all three casts of the bust for sale [p. 26–27]. In 1907, a version of the bust was exhibited as a German contribution to the 7^th Venice Biennale [“Settima esposizione Internazionale dela Città di Venezia. Catalogo.” Venice: Ferrari, 1907, cat. no. 57; see also Dietrich 2003, p. 154] and in 1908 at the Frankfurter Kunstverein [“Klinger Ausstellung. Ein Überblick über das gesamte bisherige Schaffen Max Klingers in ausgewählten Gemälden, graphischen und plastischen Hauptwerken seiner Hand.” Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main, 1908, cat. no. 114].

[2] In winter 1979, the Shepherd gallery included the bronze in the exhibition “Nineteenth Century European drawings, paintings and sculpture.” [Shepherd Gallery, New York, Winter 1979/80, cat. no 59] where the Tanenbaums purchased the piece.

[3] See note [2]. The National Gallery of Canada received the bust as a gift from the Robert Tanenbaum Family Trust on December 6, 1996 [Acquisition log, NGC curatorial file].

[4] See note [3].