Sinnende. 1943.
Bronze with brown patina.
Front edge of the plith with the artist's signet. Numbered "10" in red on the underside of the plinth. One of 11 known copies. 60 x 15 x 12 cm (23.6 x 5.9 x 4.7 in).
The edition 1/10 to 10/10 was cast by Richard Barth in Rinteln between 1980 and 1996. This copy was cast by Heinz Pisulla, student of Gerhard Marcks at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg around 1950. [KT].
• With his diverse oeuvre, Gerhard Marcks is considered the most important German sculptor of the last century alongside Barlach, Lehmbruck and Kolbe.
• This sculpture is rarely offered on the auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Sculptures by the artist are in important collections like the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

We are grateful to Dr. Arie Hartog, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 1977).

LITERATURE: Günter Busch, Martina Rudloff, Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Berlin 1977, no. 429 (a different copy is illustrated).
Gerhard Marcks, Galerie Nierendorf, Berin, 1971, cat. no. 5 (illustrated, presumably a different copy).

In good condition. With scattered tiny pinpoint rubbings, traces of oxidation and superficial adhesions.