Lot number 3122 - Auction 155
'MUTTERLOS' ('MOTHERLESS')

UNKNOWN SCULPTOR Active around 1900 'MOTHERLESS' Marble, fully sculpted, on an oval plinth. H. 96, W. 70, D. 70 cm. Unsigned. Emotional figurative group depicting a father wearing a hat holding a child on his lap and tickling it. The intimate gesture and melancholic mood refer to the socially influenced genre art of the late 19th century, in which family destinies and existential themes were often depicted in emotionally charged scenes. Partially preserved, bumped.