/internal/media/dispatcher/123897/fullSmall Reclining Figure1960[Fritz Wotruba]Fritz WotrubaBronze Fritz Wotruba, one of the leading Austrian sculptors of international postwar modernism, developed a series of figures in the early 1960s, built on the cube as their basic element. Unlike in earlier years, the individual blocks no longer align with how the human body is organized. Instead, he layered and stacked various cubic forms at oblique angles, softened by rounded edges and flowing lines. In the summer of 1948, the view of Marseille from the sea left a lasting impression on Wotruba and shaped his ideal of “a sculpture in which landscape, architecture, and city are one.” He would realize his vision years later in "Small Reclining Figure".Sculpture© Belvedere, Wienhttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/45952/rdf