AN EXTREMELY RARE BRASS JEWISH NATIONAL FUND CHARITY BOX BY LEOPOLD FLEISHHACKER (1882- 1945). Germ

AN EXTREMELY RARE BRASS JEWISH NATIONAL FUND CHARITY BOX BY LEOPOLD FLEISHHACKER (1882- 1945). Germ
Marked on bottom: "Entwurf". Leop. Fleischhacker Ausf: Homann-Werke. Vohwinkel”, with serial number: A 10 423. 5.9” tall. Leopold Fleischhacker (b. 1882, Hessen, Germany, d. 1946 Ukkel, Belgium) was a German- Jewish sculptor and medalist. He trained at Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf from 1897 – 1902 and Kunstakademie Berlin from 1902 – 1905 under Ernst Herter and Peter Beuer. In 1905 he was awarded the Rome Prize of the Michael Beer foundation which was a scholarship awarded during his eight month stay in Rome, Italy. In 1906 he moved to Dusseldorf and was the assistant to August Bauer who he regarded as his most important teacher. In 1912, he opened his own studio. In 1913 – 14, a bust of Theodor Herzl was recorded by WMF under his design. He continued to work and participated in several competitions for WW1 memorials. In 1926, he created reliefs on behalf of the Jewish community of Dusseldorf. In 1934, he joined the “Malkasten” art gallery in Dusseldorf. By 1933 he was forbidden to work for any non-Jewish customers according to German law of the time. In 1938, his studio in Dusseldorf was destroyed in the Reichspogromnacht. He took refuge in Belgium where he and his wife were hidden until the end of WWII. He found work in a ceramics factory. He died in Uccle and was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Dilbeek, near Brussels. Other famous works by Fleischhacker include: A nude figure of Count Adolf I in Hamm (1915), Head medallions for the district court of Dusseldorf (1920), The public library in Wuppertal (1929), Sculptures in the Town Hall of Oberhousen (1930), Goddess Hygieia sculpture in Dusseldorf (1930). The original untouched patina is evident on this example, possibly never having been polished since creation. Estimate $9,500 - 12,500