(Vienna 1907–1975)
‘Torso’, 1969, bronze, goldbrown patina, signed Wotruba, numbered 6/7, 64 x 39.5 x 25.5 cm, (K)

Provenance:
Galerie Ulysses, Vienna
Viennese Collection

Jürg Janett, Fritz Wotruba, catalogue raisonné, Skulpturen/Reliefs/Bühnen- und Architekturmodelle, publisher Erker, St. Gallen 2002, page 262, no. 310 (with ill. of the stone) - there with note: one cast: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

The book with casts of the works lists 7 casts numbered in Arabic numerals.
Full-page illustrations (marble and bronze):
Otto Breicha, Wotruba. Figur als Widerstand, publisher Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1977, cover illustration (dust jacket, stone), page 175 (bronze), page 176 (marble).

SIMPLICITY AND HARMONY
In the implementation of a theme I attempt to arrive at a minimum of shapes, since I believe that through ruthless eradication of all formal expressions the artistic statement becomes more truthful and thus more effective.
Admittedly, I simultaneously believe that even with highest exertions (to come out of one‘s self) the ballast of heritage and memory can never be cast off.
That‘s why the imagination of a simple, disciplined shape is a subjective term, different with every person and every race, yet a first principle of simplicity and harmony must be reached. From the aforementioned literature