“Solidity, rigidity, what did not yield to the pressure of the hand attracted me.”

— Fritz Wotruba

Source: The Human Form: Sculpture, Prints, and Drawings, 1977, p. 88.

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Austrian sculptor (23 April 1907, Vienna – 28 August 1975,… 1907–1975

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