BERNHARD HEILIGER (1915-1995)
Sonnenblatt I
incised with the artist's signature, stamped with the H. Noack Berlin foundry mark and numbered 'B Heiliger III' (on the back left edge of the base)
bronze with brown patina
30¹⁄₂ x 24 x 12¹⁄₂ in. (77.5 x 61 x 31.8 cm.)
Executed in 1968. This work is from an edition of ten.

Private collection
Anon. sale; Grisebach GmbH, Berlin, 5 June 1998, lot 82
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

G. Jens, "Kölner Kunstmarkt 71," Das Kunstwerk, November 1971, volume 6, p. 64 (another example illustrated).
A. Benini, "Heiliger," Le Arti, January-February 1972, nos.1-2, p. 51 (another example illustrated).
M. Wellman, L. Romain, R. Wedewer, D. Hoffmann, K. Ebel and J. Richter, Bernhard Heiliger 1915-1995 Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Berlin, 2005, pp. 76-77, 310 and 410 (another example illustrated).

Berlin, Galerie Bremer, Neue Arbeiten, November 1969, n.p., no. 1 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Venice, Galleria il Canale, Bernhard Heiliger, July 1970, n.p., no. 7 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Staempfli Gallery, Bernhard Heiliger, September-October 1970, p. 1 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Hamburg, Galerie Commeter, Bernhard Heiliger, October-November 1971, n.p., no. 7 (another example exhibited).
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Bernhard Heiliger: Skulpturen Zeichnungen, June-July 1972, n.p., no. 4 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Bonn, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Prisma 72, September-October 1972, no. 94 (another example exhibited).
Berlin, New Berlin Art Association and Academy of Arts, Bernhard Heiliger: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen 1960-1975, April-May 1975, pp. 42 and 93, no. 9 (another example exhibited and illustrated).