“Discus Thrower”, Fritz Nuss (Göppingen 1907–1999 Strümpfelbach), dated 1938
Bronze with a dark brown patina. Bears the inscription and date “NUSS 38” on the base; the side with the foundry mark “STRASSACKER / KUNSTGUSS SÜSSEN” and the quality mark “GÜTEZEICHEN KUNSTGUSS RAL”. A nude athlete in a wide lunging stance, his torso twisted and one arm extended backwards holding the discus, on an irregularly shaped integral base. The patina rubbed on the raised areas and more broadly across the surface, with scratches and scuff marks; isolated green corrosion products and pale deposits, particularly on the base. Approx. 40 × 33 × 31 cm. A monumental version of the Discus Thrower was exhibited at the 1939 Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung and is now in Würzburg.
Condition: II
Bronze with a dark brown patina. Bears the inscription and date “NUSS 38” on the base; the side with the foundry mark “STRASSACKER / KUNSTGUSS SÜSSEN” and the quality mark “GÜTEZEICHEN KUNSTGUSS RAL”. A nude athlete in a wide lunging stance, his torso twisted and one arm extended backwards holding the discus, on an irregularly shaped integral base. The patina rubbed on the raised areas and more broadly across the surface, with scratches and scuff marks; isolated green corrosion products and pale deposits, particularly on the base. Approx. 40 × 33 × 31 cm. A monumental version of the Discus Thrower was exhibited at the 1939 Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung and is now in Würzburg.
Condition: II
