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first thought to fit the loo door, but after arrival second thoughts. bronze, 30 cm * 40 cm plus wooden frame.
does anyone have an idea who that guy is ? possibly an old Greek philosopher or similar ?
TIA.

 

Maybe Socrates considering his fate?

 

Can't think of one who was depicted carrying a staff.

Debora

 

Was it someone who was blind, perhaps?

 

Antisthenes had a staff, it could be him.

 

why ? did he die of constipation ?

 

Antisthenes:

 

I start to think it's not a thunderbox he's sitting on, but a kind of a throne.

 

Curious - what is the name just below his butt? E Wolber?

 

Your guess is going to be as good as mine.....one enlarged, one enhanced!!!
OH, is that a tiny screw just after the last letter.......if so, that makes the name a whole lot easier!!!!! E. WOLBEL !!

 

I think it says E Wolber.

No idea who the seated dude is, though.

 

There are numerous "seated philosopher" statues that have the guy sitting on a cube base. So maybe modeled after one of those (but not this one).

 

Damn! The 6-star sudoku has already been done!

 

I thought the signature might say Wolbe Rd. (as in registered) so I tried googling that ..much to my surprise I found a Russian sculptor with a sculpture that had an interesting relationship to this piece!

https://www.forumdaily.com/en/rossijskij-skulptor-slepil-gigantskogo-petuxa-iz-navoza/

 

Friedrich Christian Wolber. also known as Fritz Wolber. not widely known anymore, partially due to the destruction of a great part of his works during the war. from Pforzheim.
very good and very heavy bronze.

 

What an amazing find. I love it!

 

He looks like he's trying to remember what's on his 'to do' list!

 

good idea. I'll nail him on the fridge door.

 

Wolber seems to have made a specialty of grave monuments. Plaque could be based on one of those. Figure could be simply allegorical, e.g., Old Age.