Bronze , partly polished and partly with brown patina. With the signature on the plinth. One of 7 copies mentioned in the catalogue raisonnné. 75 x 62 x 30 cm.
Cast by H. Noack, Berlin (with the foundry mark on the reverse side of the plinth).
- In “Sonnenblatt” (Sun Leaf), the artist conveys the motion motif in clear forms and enlivens it through the radiant surface. - Bernhard Heiliger is one of the most influential innovators in German sculpture. - In 1960, he began to free his bronze sculptures from the ground, allowing them to float and fill the space. - Another copy is in the Royal Collection, Huis den Bosch, The Hague.
LITERATURE: Marc Wellmann, Bernhard Heiliger 1915-1995. Monograph and catalogue raisonné, Künzelsau 2005, catalogue raisonné no. 313. - - Siegfried Salzmann / Lothar Romain, Bernhard Heiliger, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1989, p. 82, fig. 47 (different copy).

Bernhard Heiliger. 19 neue Sculpturen, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, April 3-end of August 1970, cat. no. 7 (illustrated) (probably a different copy). Bernhard Heiliger, Gallerie Il Canale, Venice, July 11-31, 1970, cat. no. 7 (illustrated) (probably a different copy) Bernhard Heiliger. 19 neue Skulpturen, Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf, September 7-October 20, 1971, cat. no. 7 (illustrated on the title page) (probably a different copy). Bernhard Heiliger. Galerie Commeter, Hamburg, October-November 1971, cat. no. 7 (illustrated in color on the title page of the leaflet) (probably a different copy) Bernhard Heiliger. Neue Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Bremer, Berlin, March 12-April 30, 1973, cat. no. 1 (illustrated on the title page) (probably a different copy)

Private collection, Germany (acquired from the artist in 1969) Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate (2005, Galerie Thomas)

In good condition. The polished surface has isolated traces of oxidation in the edges. [EH]