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: Danae
1973, bronze, l 66 cm.

Martin Mayer: Alraune
1971, bronze, l 78 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.