Modern and Contemporary Art German Post-War Modernism Beck, Gerlinde Design for a steel sculpture. 1971. Mixed media on vellum. 61 x 86 cm. Signed and dated; on the reverse, a handwritten, typographic sales label from the Kunstverein Stuttgart. – The sheet has small, faint stains and isolated creases; the corners and edges are slightly rubbed; the reverse shows subtle studio marks. Overall, very good condition. An expressive work. Gerlinde Beck’s drawing was created in 1970 as part of the ‘Physiognomics’ series, a group of monumental metal sculptures whose appearance is reminiscent of robots. The artist transfers these sculptures onto flat paper whilst retaining their three-dimensionality through the metallic-looking surface, the light-and-shadow contrasts and the reflections of light. The central theme of the problem of balance and the interplay between two- and three-dimensional thinking is made particularly clear in this drawing through the framing of the image and the arrangement of the sculptural joints within it. Mixed media on vellum. Signed and dated, with a typographic sales label from the Kunstverein Stuttgart on the reverse. – Small, faint stains and isolated crease marks; corners and edges slightly rubbed; faint studio marks on the reverse. Overall, very good condition. An expressive work. - Gerlinde Beck’s drawing was created in 1970 as part of the ‘Physiognomics’ series, a group of monumental metal sculptures whose appearance is reminiscent of robots. The artist transfers these sculptures onto flat paper whilst retaining their three-dimensionality through the metallic-looking surface, the light-dark contrasts, and the reflections of light. The central theme of the problem of balance and the interplay between two- and three-dimensional thinking is particularly evident in this drawing through the cropping of the image and the arrangement of the sculptural joints within it.