CHRISTA-WINSLOE HATVANY (German-Hungarian, 1888–1944) - Lot 233

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CHRISTA-WINSLOE HATVANY (German-Hungarian, 1888–1944) - Lot 233
CHRISTA-WINSLOE HATVANY (German-Hungarian, 1888–1944) Antelope Bronze cast with brown patina (stripes). Signed on the base “Christa-Winsloe Hatvany,” marked with the publisher’s mark “Susse Frères Paris,” and marked “lost-wax.” The base is engraved with “To Dr. Zizine, his friends at Saint Antoine Hospital” Circa 1930. H: 38 cm Christa Winsloe Hatvany (1888–1944), a German-Hungarian sculptor and writer, remains an iconic figure in 20th-century art and lesbian visibility. Born in Darmstadt, Germany, she studied sculpture against her family’s wishes at the Munich School of Arts and Crafts beginning in 1909. There she developed a talent for bronze animal figures, which were successfully exhibited and sold. In 1913, she married the Hungarian baron Ludwig Hatvany, from whom she would later divorce after an unhappy marriage. Settling in Berlin, she continued to sculpt while also writing. Her most famous work, *Mädchen in Uniform* (1931), which was adapted for the screen, sensitively depicts the love between two women in a strict boarding school. A bold novelist, she explored queer themes in *Das Mädchen Manuela* and *Life Begins*, while openly living out her relationships with women, notably Dorothy Thompson and later Simone Gentet. Having taken refuge in France during the war, she was murdered in 1944 near Cluny along with her partner, likely by members of a paramilitary group. A free-spirited and courageous artist, Christa Winsloe embodies the struggle for artistic expression and lesbian identity in the face of Nazi oppression.
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