Terracotta, flat back. Mask-like male head with deep-set eyes, broad nose and bulging lips. Monogr. 'RH' on the reverse. Framed, under foil. 8 x 5.5 cm. - German painter, graphic artist, sculptor a. ceramicist, after serving in World War I he made amercial education, by founding an art shop he Hamburg he came in contact with E. Nolde, E.-L. Kircher, K. Schmidt-Rottluff u. E. Heckel a. started to create art himself, defamed as 'degenerate' by the Nazis he retired to Niebüll. M.: Hamburg (MK&G), Bielefeld, Niebüll (R.H.-M.). Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump.