Soldanelle bronze by Gerhard Marcks, 1950 - €16,000 (£13,915) at Nusser.
The creative roots of this 22in (56cm) bronze figure, which was one of the highlights at Nusser (22.69% buyer’s premium) in Munich on September 20, date back to the pre-war years.
From 1930-37 the German sculptor Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981) created a number of bronzes depicting young women, either seated or squatting. After he was classed as a degenerate artist by the Nazis who confiscated many of his works and prevented him from exhibiting, his artistic output was understandably much reduced.