A statue of Germania displaying prominent breasts on a war memorial; prim ladies avert their faces in horror. Drawing, ca. 1923.
- Date:
- 1923
- Reference:
- 2200337i
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The drawing and its pair apparently refer to the war memorial in the Marktplatz at Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, including a sculpture of Saint Catherine of Alexandria sculpted by Friedrich Lommel in 1923. That figure of Saint Catherine is similar to the present figure of Germania, though there are also many differences. The Lex Heinze was a German law passed in 1900 forbidding unseemly or obscene representations in public places
Publication/Creation
1923
Physical description
1 drawing : india ink over pencil ; sheet 25.7 x 17 cm
Lettering
Vor der Operation! Lex Heinze. Die Germania auf dem Kriegerdenkmal in Prien
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2200337i
Notes
Forms a pair with Wellcome Collection no. 2200342i
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