The iconic nudes

" It is – undeniably – alongside the gaze of the abstracting analyst Martin Mayer, the strangely tender gaze of the artist that embraces these bodies and heightens them to an almost Mediterranean sensuality, beautiful in and of itself, full of summer ripeness." *

Martin Mayer: Stehendes Mädchen. 
1957, bronze, h 53 cm

Martin Mayer: Schwimmerin. 
1962, bronze, h 44 cm.

Martin Mayer: Sich Sonnende. 
1962, bronze, l 49 cm.

Martin Mayer: Sitzende.
1963, Bronze, h 27 cm.

Martin Mayer: Vergnügte.
1965, Bronze, l 35 cm.

Martin Mayer: Hockende.
1965, bronze, h 33 cm.

Martin Mayer: Schlafende.
1965, bronze, l 63 cm.

Martin Mayer: Kauernde.
1965, bronze, h 25 cm.

Martin Mayer: Nest.
1969, bronze, l 38 cm.

Martin Mayer: Amphora. 
1971, bronze, h 47 cm.

Martin Mayer: Alraune. 
1971, bronze, l 78 cm

Martin Mayer: Danae. 
1973, bronze, l 66 cm.

Martin Mayer: Nausikaa.
1974, Bronze, h 33 cm.

Martin Mayer. Burleske.
 1974, bronze, h 46 cm.

Martin Mayer: Odaliske.
1974, bronze, l 74 cm.