Bronze , welded, mounted on a stone base. Monogram, date, and the designation “452” in the lower left. Height: 195 cm. Base: 9,5 x 60 x 25 cm.
The work is listed under number 452 in Michael Croissant’s workbook. [EH].

• Unique piece.
• Croissant’s style is characterized by a geometrically abstract formal language.
• However, Croissant developed his abstract stelae from figuration: from his “Standing Figures” of the 1970s, based on Greek and Egyptian models.
• Other works by the artist are held, among others, by the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; and the Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg.
LITERATURE: osephine Gabler, Birk Ohnesorge, The Sculptor Michael Croissant (1928-2002). With a catalogue raisonné of the sculptures, Berlin 2003, CR no. 1104 (illustrated).

Michael Croissant, Galerie Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt a. Main, 1996 (no cat.)

Galerie Appel und Fertsch, Frankfurt am Main. Private collection, Hesse (1996, acquired from the above)