Uhlmann, Hans. Animal. Sculpture made of brass rods. 1947. dimensions: 24 x 19.5 x 7 cm. Lehmann-Brockhaus 42 (with deviating dimensions "21 cm"). - Uhlmann, who had successfully studied mechanical engineering before studying sculpture, also remained true to his preferred materials of iron, steel and wire as an artist. The "engineer of sculptural form" (Waldemar Grzimek) presented a series of geometric heads at the Fritz Gurlitt Gallery as early as 1930. After his arrest during an anti-fascist leafleting campaign in 1933 and his imprisonment in Berlin-Tegel until 1935, his works were defamed as "degenerate". After the war, he exhibited his constructive metal sculptures at the Gerd Rosen Gallery in 1945. He is currently being honored in a major retrospective at the Berlinische Galerie, which pays tribute to him as one of the "most important sculptors and draughtsmen of West German post-war modernism", whose works are represented in numerous national and international collections, while his sculptures still characterize public spaces in Germany and abroad today. - Slight patina, especially on the legs with traces of rust and rubbing, the tip of the nose also with rubbing. - Provenance: Berlin private collection.