Max Daniel Hermann Fritz (1873-1948)

SECRET

Germany, Kunstabteilung Selb, Rosenthal AG, 1944 (design 1933)
Sculpture of a naked girl whispering into the ear of a sitting Saint Bernard, white porcelain, painted in natural brown and gray tones under the glaze (dog) or matte on the glaze (child), low oval base. H. 16 cm. Green printed underglaze mark "Rosenthal GERMANY KUNSTABTEILUNG SELB", brown brush mark of the painter "K", impressed model no. "1259". Condition A. Provenance: private collection, Bavaria.