Around 1920. Brown patinated bronze, red-brown spreckled marble plinth. Bronze: H. 25 cm, plinth: H. 2 cm, diam. 19,5 cm. Incised on the top of the plinth: Krieger. Zustand Min. chips to the upper edge of the plinth. Crouching monkey with head turned to the left, the left paw at the knee, tail wrapped around the feet. Beautiful patina in a warm brown tone, the fur is indicated by hatching. - Expertise: Cat. rais. Krieger/Schmidt 111. We thank Dr. Schmidt-Magin for kindly confirming the authenticity - Provenance: Priovate collection, Hamburg - German sculptor. After an apprenticeship as a decorative painter, Krieger studied briefly at the Kunstgewerbeschule München in 1906/07 and trained as a self-taught sculptor from 1901. From 1907 he participated in the exhibitions of the Munich Secession, the large Berlin art exhibitions and from 1937-1944 in the annual Great German Art Exhibition at the Haus der Kunst. K. devoted himself above all to animal sculptures, which were executed in bronze, brass, stone and porcelain. Lit.: H. Krieger und M. Schmidt (Hrsg.): Wilhelm Krieger - Tierbildhauer. Katalog der bekannten Werke. Neustadt an der Aisch, 214; M. Schmidt-Magin: Wilhelm Krieger, in: Sammlerjournal Okt. 2020, S. 50-55.