Bronze with brown-black patina. The artist's monogram is on the sole of the left foot, and the foundry stamp “H. NOACK BERLIN” (Hermann Noack Art Foundry, Berlin) is on the side of the buttocks. 30 x 40 x 20.5 cm.
[KA].

• Exceptionally rare on the international auction market.
• Haptic portrait of the Russian master ballerina Anna Pavlova, who, along with other dancers of her time, inspired Fritz Klimsch.
• Together with Georg Kolbe, Fritz Klimsch is considered one of the most important German sculptors of the first half of the 20th century.
• His female nudes are particularly successful, showing the influence of Aristide Maillol and Wilhelm Lehmbruck.
LITERATURE: Hermann Braun, Fritz Klimsch. Eine Dokumentation, Cologne, 1991, p. 35.