Entwurf für ein Denkmal in Berlin, 1945 – 1950

Title

Entwurf für ein Denkmal in Berlin (Original Title)

Title Translation

Design for a monument in Berlin

Artist

• Hans Mettel

Part

Entwurf für ein Denkmal in Berlin

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative sculpture

Object Type

• sculpture

Physical Description

plaster

Material

• plaster

Technique

• casting

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Hans Mettel

Acquisition

Acquired in 1966 from the artist's estate

Genre

• sketch

Main Motif

• man
• couple

Primary

• 31D14 adult man
• 31A231 standing figure

Secondary

• 49L1 letters, alphabet, script
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)

Associative

• 25I152 monument, statue