A Female Torso

Hans Martin Ruwoldt (Brunsbüttelkoog 1891 - Hamburg 1969)

1969. Alpacca, one of three casts. H. 26,5 cm (with cast-on base). Signed RUWOLDT on the reverse, foundry mark on the lower edge: GUSS SCHMÄKE. Minimal traces of oxidation. The motif of the torso goes back to the two-figure relief composition ‘Two Women’ from 1931. The relief and sketch-like character of the torso, whose sculptural form appears both two-dimensional and spatial, is significant - Literature: Catalogue raisonné Clausen-Gaedke, plate 35 - Provenance: Gallery Renate Kammer, Hamburg; private property, Hamburg - German sculptor, drawer and graphic artist, from 1920 studied at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts, 1928-1933 member of the Hamburg Secession, 1955 leader of the sculptor's class at the HFBK Hamburg, primarily known for his animal figures, numerous sculptural works in the public space of Hamburg. Mus.: Hamburg, MKG und Kunsthalle; Schleswig SHLM; Kiel KH; Rendsburg, Skulpturengarten. Lit.: Vollmer IV, Der Neue Rump, M. Bruhns (ed.): Hans Martin Ruwoldt, Berlin/Hamburg 1991, F. Weimar: Die Hamburgische Sezession 1919-1933, Fischerhude 2003, S. 144.