LOT 318
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Lot 318
A GERMAN CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF A GLEANER, CIRCA 1935. The half-length figure depicting a Bavarian or South German farmer holding a bundle of wheat and edged tool- perhaps the personification of Labor. Finely carved in full round, of good proportions and anatomy. Signed with the initial B. Height 18.5 inches (47 cm).
Estimate:
$500 - 800
€ 350 - 560
The offered lot is symbolic of the officially approved art produced in Nazi Germany between 1933-1945. Such art was characterized by a style of romantic realism based on classical models. While banning modern styles as degenerate, the Nazis promoted paintings and sculptures that were narrowly traditional in manner and that exalted the "blood and soil" values of racial purity, militarism and obedience. Other popular themes were the people at work in the fields, such as the offered lot, and a return to the simple virtues of the love of the homeland as well as the lauding of the female activities of child bearing.
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