Kleines Liebespaar. 1979.
Bronze with brown patina.
Hartog 1152. Plinth with artist's signet. Numbered and with foundry mark "Guss Barth Rinteln" on rear edge. From an edition of 10 copies which have not been fully executed. 25.5 x 7.9 x 5.5 cm (10 x 3.1 x 2.1 in).
Posthumous cast made by art foundry Richard Barth, Rinteln. [EL].
Rare. This is the first time that a copy pof this cast is offered on the international auction market (source: www.artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Koch, Hanover.
Private collection Switzerland.

EXHIBITION: (each presumably different copy)
Gerhard Marcks - Dem großen Bildhauer zum Gedächtnis, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin February 2 -May 31, 1983.
Gerhard Marcks. Bronzen, Ölkreiden, Zeichnungen, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin October 2, 2003 - March 26, 2004.