Starving One, 1925

ArtistKarel Niestrath, Bad Salzuflen 1896–1971 Hagen

Bronze

(H x W x D)136 × 25,7 × 25,7 cm

Status

on display, room 021

About the workThis young girl’s long, slender figure shows clear signs of malnutrition: her arms are skinny and her ribs protrude from her naked torso. Influenced by his experiences in the First World War and the economic crises at the beginning of the Weimar Republic, the Hagen sculptor Karel Niestrath elevated those suffering to a central motif in his art. He used his depictions of people who were starving and disabled as a result of the war to criticise the inhumane social conditions of the 1920s.

AccessionAcquisiton 1947

ProvenanceBis 1935 im Besitz des Künstlers; 1935 - Juli 1937 Städtisches Museum Hagen angekauft vom Künstler; Juli 1937 - 28.06.1941 Deutsches Reich / Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, Berlin, beschlagnahmt als "entartete Kunst" (EK-Nr.: 16235) ; 15.4.1939 Bernhard A. Böhmer, Kunsthändler, Güstrow, in Kommission erhalten vom Deutschen Reich; 28.06.1941 angekauft durch Böhmer; [...]; 1945 sichergestellt; 1947 restituiert an Karel Niestrath; September 1947 angekauft vom Künstler

Inventory number0.1952.69

Contact

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