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The Tatti Family Collection | February 19, 2025

Wed, Feb 19, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 512

Karl Heinrich Gruppe Sculpture, Young Girl with Cat

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

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(New York, 1893-1982)

Play Ball, 1925, signed and dated on base "Karl H. Gruppe 1925", white marble, 39-1/4 x 13-1/2 x 11 in.

Provenance: Christie's East, New York, June 13, 2001, lot 248, sold for a record $10,575; The Tatti Family Collection

Literature: B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, 1968, p.34. Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, p. 341.

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Christie's East, New York, June 13, 2001, lot 248, sold for a record $10,575; The Tatti Family Collection

anomalies inherent in marble, small points of retouching and/or filling, small chips at base