Katzen (Türgriff, zweiteilig). Um 1960.
Bronze with red-brown patina.
Schilling 500. Each with monogram in lower left at junction between animal and plate. Each 29,5 x 13,7 x 13 cm (11,6 x 5,3 x 5,1 in).
Two door ghandles in form of cat-like mythical creatures. A total of 12 casts are in existence. [CB].

We are grateful to Dr. Maja Kufferath, Düren, for her expert advice.

LITERATURE: Cf. Ewald Mataré. Skulpturen, Holzschnitte, Aquarelle, ex. cat. Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, May 1975, no. 21.
Toni Feldenkirchen, Zeichen von der Erde und den Himmeln, in: Weltkunst, 1977, issue 5, p. 404.