Bernhard Heiliger ”Verwandlung III” 1960 Bronze with brown patina Signed, dated and numbered on the reverse lower right: B. HEILIGER 60 ii. At the bottom with the foundry mark: W.FÜSSEL BERLIN 31 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 in. (48 3/8 × 25 5/8 × 14 3/4 in.) (with plinth) Hans Theodor Flemming: Bernhard Heiliger. Berlin, Rembrandt Verlag, 1962, p. 201, ill. p. 72 and p. 81 / Siegfried Salzmann, Lothar Romain: Bernhard Heiliger. Frankfurt a.M., Propyläen Verlag, 1989, p. 318 ill. and ill. p. 65 / Stefan Diederich: Aspekte des Raumes und ihre Bedeutung im Werk Bernhard Heiligers. Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe 28: Kunstgeschichte vol. 323, also: Cologne, Univ.-Diss., 1997, Frankfurt a. M./Berlin, 1998 Bernhard Heiliger. Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, 1960, cat. no. 30, ill. p. 5 / Plastik 1924–1960. Berlin, Galerie Springer, 1960, cat. no. 19, ill. / Bernhard Heiliger. New York, Staempfli Gallery, 1961, cat. no. 23, ill. / Bernhard Heiliger: 15 neue Skulpturen und Grafik 1953–1962. Heidelberg, Galerie der Edition Rothe, 1962, cat. no. 9 / Bernhard Heiliger. Paris, Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1963, cat. no. 3 / Bernhard Heiliger. St. Gallen, Galerie im Erker, 1964, cat. no. 3 / The Spirit of New Berlin in Painting and Sculpture. New York, AFA Gallery; Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Granbrook Academy of Art Galleries; Charleston, Gibbes Art Gallery; New London, Laman Allyn Museum; Carbondale, Southern Illinois University; Philadelphia, Commercial Museum; Quincy, Quincy Art Club; Des Moines, Art Center, 1964/65, cat. no. 4 / Bernhard Heiliger: 19 Skulpturen 1960–1965, Handzeichnungen. Heidelberg, Galerie der Edition Rothe, 1965, cat. no. 1 / Bernhard Heiliger. Bremen, Galerie Emmy Widmann, 1965, cat. no. 5 / Bernhard Heiliger – Retrospektive. Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, and Heilbronn, Städtische Museen, 1985/86, cat. no. 6, ill. / Drei Berliner Bildhauer. Berlin, Galerie Pels-Leusden, 1992, no. 56 Private Collection, Berlin (acquired 1960 at Galerie Springer, Berlin, thence by descent to the present owner)