Lot 128: MATHIEU MOLITOR (GERMAN, 1873-1929) STANDING MALE NUDE HOLDING A SPEAR

Signed M. Molitor, Leipzig and dated 1910 Bronze, green brown patination 173 cm (68 in) Molitor began training as a decorative painter before turning to sculpture, in which art he was self-taught. Molitor's stay in Rome from 1904 to 1906 was a formative influence on his work. The present bronze may relate to Molitor's 1908 figure Der Wachter. (See colour plate on page 79).