Breker, Arno (1900 Elberfeld - 1991 Düsseldorf)

Lot 1546 limit € 60

Color lithograph on handmade paper, "The Friends", published in "Hommage an Arno Breker" by Marco, Paris, 1980, in a limited edition, sheet approx. 32.5 x 25.5 cm, Arno Breker is considered one of the most important sculptors of the classical tradition in the 20th century, in the great French-style sculpting tradition, he stands alongside Auguste Rodin, Charles Despiau and Aristide Maillol, important contemporaries paid tribute to Breker (including Jean Cocteau, 1928: "Arno Breker is the most vital of the sculptors of the time and the greatest Hope for the future" cf. Museum Arno Breker, Nörvenich Castle near Cologne)