Die Gärtnerin. 1934.
Bronze with brown patina.
Monogrammed (ligature) on the plinth behind the left foot. Foundry mark “GUSS RICH. BARTH MARIENDORF” on the back of the base. Height: 101 cm (39.7 in).

• Scarce – no copy of this bronze has been offered on the international auction market in the last 40 years (source: artprice.com).
• The catalogue raisonné mentions only three copies of this bronze.
• The diversity of his oeuvre makes Gerhard Marcks, along with Barlach, Lehmbruck, and Kolbe, one of the most important German sculptors of the last century.