Smile
signed on the reverse of the head: B. Hoetger.
Larger than life-sized female head with lying hair and tresses on the back, inclined to the right. On the outer surface of the round chest section stylized flowers and foliage. Base of two round bulbs decorated with foliage. Head: white marble; base: yellow marble
Donation by August Freiherr von der Heydt, Elberfeld, 1911 | lost at the Ehrenbreitstein evacuation point, after/around 1945
[...]-1911: August Freiherr von der Heydt (1851-1929), Elberfeld | 1911-after/about 1945: Städtisches Museum, Wuppertal-Elberfeld | 1945: larceny, evacuation point Ehrenbreitstein | after/about 1945-present: whereabouts unknown
Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal
Wall 24a
42103 Wuppertal
Germany