(1889 Berlin - 1981 Burgbrohl/Eifel) "Indian with Son," also titled "Pablo and Pablito." Bronze, brown patinated, 1964. Artist's signature ("Phönix"). Foundry stamp "GUSS BATH RINTELN," numbered 3/8, cast after 1970. Catalogue raisonné Rudloff Nr. 820. Fully sculptural representation of an indigenous Mexican man with his son on a block-like, rectangular plinth, standing. The father barefoot in long pants with rolled-up legs and an open, loosely fitting short-sleeved shirt, his head turned slightly to the right and gazing into the distance. The son, stretching upwards as an active figure, to his left, with the father's hand resting on his back as an expression of care and protective inclination. The bronze was created after a trip to the USA and Mexico, when Marcks returned in 1963 with numerous drawings and watercolors. These depict portraits and studies of the fascinating people he encountered there and formed the basis for four sculptures created in the studio. Among them were two groups of figures depicting parents with their children, which Marcks exhibited under the titles "Theresa and Theresita" (Catalogue raisonné Rudloff Nr. 819) and "Pablo and Pablito" in a 1967 art exhibition in New York. With these Spanish diminutive forms, Marcks wanted to express the familiar bond between parents and children. Presumably, the renaming of the sculptures to "Indian with Child" or "Indian with Son" was undertaken in consultation with his gallery to make the motives more attractive for the art market at the time. The sculptor, who grew up in old linguistic traditions, used the designation "Indian" expressly not with the intention of disparaging the indigenous population of America. Marcks, who studied at the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1924 and then worked at the Burg Giebichenstein Art School in Halle/Saale until 1933, is one of the most important figurative sculptors of the modern era. This large sculpture is stylistically and in its intention representative of Marcks' oeuvre. His human individual figures and groups, compressed to their essence in form and expression, depict people in their natural movements and postures. His powerfully stylized figures are never heroic or pathetic; instead, they reflect general human moods in an over-temporal way, sometimes also displaying a certain behavior. In 1971, the Gerhard Marcks House was opened in Bremen, which also manages his artistic estate. H. 97.5 cm. Previously unknown, the 4th cast of the bronze is not listed by Rudloff. No. 1/8 was, according to Rudloff, in the art trade, and No. 2/8 came to the Gerhard Marcks House in Bremen, another cast (without numbering) was given by Marcks in 1965 to the German Embassy in Mexico. Brown patinated bronze, 1964. Signed. Barth foundry stamp, numbered 3/8. Cast after 1970.