Gürtelbinderin. 1958.
Bronze with gold-black patina.
With the monogram on the plinth, as well as with the foundry mark "GUSS. BARTH BLN. MARIENDORF" and the number "5/8" on the reverse. Höhe: 54.5 cm (21.4 in).

• Reduced gesture and forms are characteristic of Gerhard Marcks' oeuvre.
• The sculptor evokes contemplation in the restrained movement of an ancient Kore.
• Along with Barlach, Lehmbruck and Kolbe, Gerhard Marcks is considered one of the most important German sculptors of the last century.
• His sculptures are represented in major collections, including the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hamburg
Private collection, Vienna.

EXHIBITION: Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Kunstverein Hanover, 1960, cat. no. 53 with illu. (different copy).
Gerhard Marcks. Plastik, Holzschnitt, Zeichnung, Otto Gerson Gallery, New York, 1961, cat. no. 21 (different copy)
Gerhard Marcks. Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1967, cat. no. 21 (different copy).
Gerhard Marcks. Werke der Kölner Jahre 1950 bis 1969, Kunstverein Cologne 1969, cat. no. 40 with illu. (different copy)
Gerhard Marcks, UCLA Art Galleries, Los Angeles 1969, cat. no. 35 with illu. presumably a different copy).
Gerhard Marcks - Handzeichnungen, Holzschnitte und Plastiken, Galerie Brumme, Frankfurt 1969, cat. no. 88 (different copy).
Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 1970, cat. no. 2 (different copy).
Gerhard Marcks, Musée Rodin, Paris 1971/72, cat. no. 38 (different copy).
Gerhard Marcks - Skulpturen, Holzschnitte, Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich 1974, cat. no. 15 (different copy).

LITERATURE: Günter Busch, Martina Rudloff, Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, catalogue raisonné no. 694.

In very good condition. The lively gold-black patina lends the work a unique character.