Galerie Stangl, Munich. Acquired from the above circa 1963, and thence by descent to the present owner.
S.M. Schilling, Ewald Mataré, Das Plastische Werk, Werkverzeichnis, Cologne, 1987, no. 119a, p. 181 (plaster version illustrated).
Guido de Werd has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.