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Victor Werner

Carl Max Kruse (Berlin, 1854-1942)
Messenger of Victory on Marathon, circa 1900
Life-size bronze with green patina of an athlete carrying the Olympic palm
H 210 x W 120 x D 50 cm
Signed Max Kruse
Literature: Amtsblatt Lutherstadt Eisleben, ill. p.17; Carl-Peter Steinmann: Sonntagsspaziergänge 2. Entdeckungen in Charlottenburg, Friedrichshain, Gesundbrunnen, Grunewald, Karlshorst, Prenzlauer Berg, Transit Verlag Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-88747-286-3; Fritz Stahl: Max Kruse. Wasmuth, Berlin 1924
Other examples can be found in the collection of the museum 'Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin', in Lutherstadt Eisleben (a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt) and at the sports facility in 'Gladbacher Straße', Krefeld (a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia)