2014. Bronze, patinated and colour-painted, base stainless steel. Edition 9 copies + 4 E.A., on the underside incised sign. and dat. 'St. Balkenhol 2014' and 'E.A.'. Group of figures: h. 47,5 cm x w. 52 x d. 4,5 cm, plinth: h. 1,6 x w. 33 x d. 20 cm. - Small life-size version of the monument to the Resistance fighter Jean Moulin, created by Balkenhol in 2014 and placed in the Metz train station. In the center Jean Moulin in a black suit, around him two men and a woman, interpreted as the 'army of shadows', as the Résistance fighters were called. - Expertise: Certificate by the artist from 29 September 2018. - Literature: Cat. Rais. No. 40. - 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. 40. Notes 2014. Bronze, patinated and colour-painted, base stainless steel. Edition 9 copies + 4 E.A., on the underside incised sign. and dat. 'St. Balkenhol 2014' and 'E.A.'. Group of figures: h. 47,5 cm x w. 52 x d. 4,5 cm, plinth: h. 1,6 x w. 33 x d. 20 cm. - Small life-size version of the monument to the Resistance fighter Jean Moulin, created by Balkenhol in 2014 and placed in the Metz train station. In the center Jean Moulin in a black suit, around him two men and a woman, interpreted as the 'army of shadows', as the Résistance fighters were called.