Wilhelm Lehmbruck: Bust 'Lowered female head' (1910), version in bronze, sculpture

Lehmbruck's art, like that of many sculptors of his time, was influenced by the work of Auguste Rodin. His motif is the human being, whereby he often detaches himself from real body proportions in order to achieve a stronger pictorial expression. Like Rodin, he later concentrated on individual parts of the body; the 'Lowered Head of a Woman' is ultimately part of his 'Large Standing Woman' from 1910, which he varied as a bust by limiting it to the head, neck and shoulder base. Sculpture 'Gesenkter Frauenkopf': Edition in fine bronze, cast by hand using the lost wax technique, chiselled, polished and patinated red-brown. Moulded directly from the original and reduced in size (reduction). Limited edition of 980 copies, individually numbered and bearing the signature and foundry mark taken from the original. ars mundi exclusive edition, published in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Bremen. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 23 x 23 x 13 cm (h/w/d). Weight 4.5 kg. 'Wilhelm Lehmbruck is one of the pioneers of modern sculpture, but he always remained true to the human figure and a fundamental humanity. In my opinion, this manifests itself particularly beautifully in the 'Lowered Head of a Woman' from 1910. The sculptor is closely associated with the Kunsthalle Bremen, partly because of the then director Siegfried Salzmann, who previously headed the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg. (Prof. Dr Christoph Grunenberg, Director of the Kunsthalle Bremen)