2002. Bronze, patinated and colour- painted. Edition of 25 copies + E.A., monogr.'StB' and numbered copy 21/25, foundry mark by Schmäke Düsseldorf. Figure: h. 55 x w. 20 x d. 11 cm, plinth: h. 0,5 x w. 20 x d. 14 cm. - Expertise: Certificate by the artist from 10 March 2020. - Literature: Cat. Rais. No. 8. - Balkenhol is one of the most important and popular sculptors of the present, 1976-1982 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg with Ulrich Rückriem, then he was a teacher at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt, since 1992 is B. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. The human being is at the center of his work; roughly worked and colorfully painted wooden sculptures are characteristic of his work: 'My sculptures do not tell stories. Something mysterious is hidden in them. It is not my task to reveal it, but that of the viewer to discover it' (citation Balkenhol).For the public space B. created numerous works at home and abroad. Mus.: Basel (Kunstmuseum); Frankfurt (Museum für Moderne Kunst); Köln (Museum Ludwig) u.v.a. Artist or Maker Balkenhol, Stephan Literature Cat. Rais. No. 8. Notes 2002. Bronze, patinated and colour- painted. Edition of 25 copies + E.A., monogr.'StB' and numbered copy 21/25, foundry mark by Schmäke Düsseldorf. Figure: h. 55 x w. 20 x d. 11 cm, plinth: h. 0,5 x w. 20 x d. 14 cm.