Lot 4106
Josef Thorak – a larger-than-life portrait bust of Adolf Hitler in marble
Orders and Military Collectibles from 1919 onwards | A106r | Live auction | 852 Lots
Description
Carved from a light-coloured marble block, the base left rough by design with the signature "Thorak 1941" on the side. Inconspicuous, minor imperfections and differences in material, the pedestal knocked on the rear left. Painted inventory number. Height approx. 58 cm, weight approximately 100 kg. After Arno Breker, Josef Thorak was the most important sculptor in the Third Reich. Before war broke out, Hitler had a huge studio – the largest in Europe – built for him in Baldham near Munich according to plans drawn by Albert Speer, in which Thorak could create sculptures up to 17 metres high in one piece. His works include monumental sculptures and numerous busts, such as Frederick the Great, Otto von Bismarck, Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul von Hindenburg, Rudolf Hess, Benito Mussolini, Fritz Todt and Adolf Hitler.Condition: II Questions about the lot?