This appears to be a plaster mockup for this Breker piece called Berufung, or Predestination,
which was in the Nazi art catalog for 1942. It was the last piece cast in bronze due
to wartime metal shortages, and I believe the original was destroyed.
Who were the models????
ReplyDeleteDie Models waren College-Athleten.:)
DeleteI've only seen one modlel, war criminal Karl Brandt, named, but the German language reply above says college athletes. Some of them look a bit more mature than that, but artistic license could account for it.
DeleteWhoever they were, they were damned cute. Emphasis on the damned part.
ReplyDeleteI can't argue with that.
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