Ewald Matare 1887 Aachen - 1965 Buederich German painter and sculptor; 1907 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, e.g. with Prof. Julius Ehrentraut, Lovis Corinth and Arthur Kampf; 1918 member of the artists' association Novembergruppe; took up a professorship at the Duesseldorf Art Academy in 1932; In 1933 the National Socialists classified his works as ''degenerate art''; numerous public and church commissions in the post-war period, e.g. the relief on four doors of the southern portal of Cologne Cathedral; Participation in documenta I, II; teacher of Joseph Beuys. Cock on ball Clay, set in red; H 8 cm, W 7 cm, D 0.5 cm; cf.: Schilling, Sabine Maja (ed.): Ewald Mataré-The sculptural work, catalog raisonné, Cologne 1987,Cf.-No. 323/324; Provenance: private collection North Rhine-Westphalia