Model Number: A 1216
Height: 9 1/2″
In Autumn 1928, having spent more than 5 years in seclusion, Paul Scheurich resurfaced in the midst of the excitement and life of the golden 1920s in Berlin, giving him plenty of new inspiration and regained creativity. The model of Ruhende was one of the first new works by the recovered artist, a charming and slightly humorous depiction of the ‘modern’ woman lounging on a chaise-longue, a book forgotten at the foot of the settee.
Scheurich intended that this figure remain undecorated, according to a note on the sketch for lot the group Türke und Türkin zu Pferde. The Meissen factory received the model in June 1929, having purchased it for RM 3,000. It was produced in porcelain from 1930 but the first sale was only in 1936 and, by the end of 1945 only eight examples had gone into the trade, despite the model receiving the Grand Prix at the Paris World Exhibition in 1937.