131 Arno Breker: Porträtkopf Adolf Hitler
The head in double life size. Bronze. Without base. Artist's signature on the back of the neck: "A. Breker 1935".
Height: ca. 42 cm.
Uncleaned condition with traces of corrosion. Plinth partly broken off.
Important portrait bust of the well-known sculptor Arno Breker. Examples of this bust were exhibited in the Neue Reichskanzlei Berlin as well as in Munich and the Luftgau Kommando 4 in Dresden.
In addition to this portrait bust, Breker also created a relief portrait of Adolf Hitler in 1939, which was cast in iron in various sizes.
One of the few original copies of what is probably the most important portrait of the Führer from the period of the Third Reich.
Impressive sculpture by this famous, together with Thorak, most important sculptor of the 3rd Reich.
Excellently suited for a museum exhibition on the subject of the "Führer cult in the 3rd Reich".
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