Lot number 3161 - Auction 150
ZWEI MENSCHEN (LIEBESPAAR)

WILLI SCHMIDT-PETIT 1881 Berlin - 1958 ibid LOVING COUPLE Wood, fully sculpted, waxed, on a pedestal. H. 30, W. 19, D. 15.5 cm. Signed 'W. Schmidt-Petit' on the back. Romantic depiction of a young couple in love: the man plays dreamily on a flute while the woman sits relaxed on a tree trunk and listens to him. Min. rep. and rep., rest. Literature: Exhibition catalog: Art exhibition at the Kunstamt Treptow "Malerei Graphik Plastik,", 1946, no. 60. Provenance: Private collection, southern Germany - From the family estate of the sculptor Willi Schmidt-Petit.