Kurt Lehmann (1905 Koblenz - 2000 Hanover) "Fat woman (female figure, small version)". Original title Bronze, dark brown patina, 1953, ligature monogr. "KL"; foundry mark "GUSS BARTH BERLIN". Lifetime cast in a small edition before 1970. The depiction of the block-like stylized female nude with raised arms is characterized by the powerful tension that is also characteristic of Aristide Maillol and Henry Moore. Lehmann, who is one of the most important German sculptors working in the figurative style of modernism, studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Kassel from 1924 to 1929. During a study trip to France, he visited Maillol himself. In 1930/31, Lehmann had a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome; based in Berlin from 1931-1934, he developed friendships with his fellow sculptors Gerhard Marcks and Gustav Seitz. From 1949-1970 he worked as a professor in Hanover, in 1955 he took part in documenta 1 in Kassel. H. 38.5 cm. Cf. list of works brought into the Kurt Lehmann Foundation (sculptures), no. OZ 199; Rudolf Lange: Kurt Lehmann, p. 61 (version as sculpture in shell limestone). Dark brown patinated bronze, 1953. Monogrammed, foundry stamp by Barth, Berlin.