A Relief Composition 'Two Women'

Hans Martin Ruwoldt (Brunsbüttelkoog 1891 - Hamburg 1969)

1931. Stoneware. 21 x 12,8 cm. Lower left monogrammed HR and dated 31. Discoloration on the reverse side, caused by the studio fire in 1969 (quoted from sticker on the reverse side). Relief composition of two female nudes facing each other. - The sculpture was also cast in bronze around 1963 by the Schmäke foundry in Düsseldorf. The relief in question may be the positive model that served as a template for the production of a casting mold. - As an addition, a newly made frame - Literature: The bronze version is depicted in: Renate Clausen-Gaedke. Hans Martin Ruwoldt. Monograph. Kiel, 1991, plate 37. - 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.