Early 1980s. Carved limewood. Sign. 'FLATH'. H. 61 cm. - Provenance: Acquired from the artist in 1983; private property Hamburg. - German wooden sculptor, painter and draftsman. 1922 - 1924 apprenticeship by the ivory carver Karl Schneider, 1928 - 1930 education at the Kiel School of Art and Crafts, then at the Hamburg State School of Art. Since 1932 as a freelancer in Kiel and foundation of the art association Kiel, since 1936 own workshop in Bad Segeberg. Numerous works in Hamburg. His extensive oeuvre contains more than 3000 sculptures and 40 retables. Mus.: Bad Segeberg, Kunsthalle Otto Flath. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, 2013, S. 124; G. Prehn: Otto Flath, Senden 2002; E. Burmester: Otto Flath, Bad Segeberg 1971; R. Jacoby: Otto Flath, Bad Segeberg 1965. Artist or Maker Flath, Otto Provenance Acquired from the artist in 1983; private property Hamburg. Notes Early 1980s. Carved limewood. Sign. 'FLATH'. H. 61 cm.