The Mourner is intended as a memorial to the victims of war and their suffering. That is why the artist chose a female figure with her hands folded in front of her mouth in a gesture of horror and grief. With a slightly tilted head, the larger-than-life-size figure looks down at the viewer. A garment descends from her shoulders down to her feet, concealing her physique and depriving her of individuality. Her head and arms are deliberately disproportionate to the rest of the almost stele-like body in order to make the Mourner’s feelings of horror and grief expressly clear. Along with his Mourning Woman (1957) in Neuss-Reuschenberg, this is an important early figure by Josef Neuhaus.
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