Lot 326 D

“Frühling” belongs to a group of female nudes, in which Klimsch seeked to depict man's relation to nature in an emblematic manner. The bronzes “Frühlingsahnen“ (Braun 116) from 1923, “In der Sonne” (Braun 126) from 1925/26, “Sturm” from 1932 (Braun 159), “In Wind und Sonne” (Braun 176) and “Sommertag” (Braun 184), both from 1936 belong to this group. Klimsch himself regarded “Frühling” as particularly characteristic for his oeuvre.
In a relaxed posture, the legs slightly bent, the young lady elatedly stretches both her arms upwards, the fingertips gracefully striving up, rather like the shoots of a young tree. The torso is also stretched upwards, the individual ribs becoming distinctly apparent. As if sunbathing, she tilts her head sideways and back.
Music had a certain meaning in Klimsch's creative process, above all Mozart's work: “whenever I begin a new work, I have one of his melodies in my head! And I even whistle one of his melodies, I whistle it involuntarily to myself…”. And with regards to the offered bronze Klimsch's son Uli stated: “Despite the rejoicing upward movement of the arms, the soft melancholy of Mozart's 'Mailied' song can be heard in 'Frühling'.” (from: Uli Klimsch, Fritz Klimsch. Die Welt des Bildhauers, p. 66).