Liegende mit übereinandergeschlagenen Beinen, 1964

Title

Liegende mit übereinandergeschlagenen Beinen (Original Title)
Liegende und Sitzende

Title Translation

Lying woman with crossed legs
Lying and Sitting Woman

Artist

• Hans Mettel

Part

Sitzende

Sitzende

Sitzende

Liegende

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• figurative sculpture

Object Type

• sculpture

Physical Description

terracotta

Material

• terracotta

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
• abstraction
• personal depiction

Main Motif

• woman
• shape

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Hessischer Rundfunk

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31AA236 lying figure - AA - female human figure
• 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure
• 31AA2627 standing, leaning, sitting or lying with legs crossed - AA - female human figure

Secondary

• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)