423, Lot: 526. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Weimarer Republik. 1918-1933. Uniface Cast Iron Plaquette (145x90mm, 239.00 g, 12h). “The Hunt for Happiness”. By H. Moshage. Cast by the Lauchhammer Art Foundry. Dated 1927. Individuals running right across portion of globe, attempting to catch the bits that Happiness scatters before them as she, too, flies, standing on a globe; above, skeleton in hat and caftan facing, head left, holding hour glass and scythe; MH monogram to left of globe; hammer within circular border separating date / Blank, but for inventory number (49) and mounting. See Leipziger 73, lot 463 (for another example). EF, toned. An intriguing piece of ironic art.

Purchased from Michael Agathe, 8 February 2013.