Quietly and untiringly, Hans Josephsohn asks questionsof the image of human body and insists with a relaxedobstinacy that solutions can only be found in thebody itself, neither in its aura, nor in its signs, but in itsirrefutable heaviness and materiality.

Introduction

Childhood andYouth in Konigsberg

Neo-classicist Sculpture in Switzerland

Apprenticeship with Otto Miiller

The Studio on Bergstrasse

Reduction

Reconquering the Body

The High Reliefs

Half-figures and Reclining Figures

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Late Public Recognition

Appendix

Notes

Exhibition History

Bibliography

Photographic Credits