Paul Aichele, Bust of a black man Late 19th century, signed on verso P. Aichele, bronze reddish brown patinated, bust of a black man on a high pedestal base of marble and copper-plated metal, this repaired, H bust ca. 11 cm, H total ca. 24,5 cm. Artist info: German sculptor (1859 Markdorf to 1910 Berlin), studied 1875-1877 at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart, then until 1880 at the Unterrichtsanstalt des Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin, remained resident there, regularly represented at the art exhibitions in Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf, source: Thieme-Becker and Internet and Berman: Bronzes Sculptors and Founders, Vol. III, p. 734, fig. 2661.

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