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Nach seiner Rückkehr [Studienaufenthalt in Italien] - noch unter dem Eindruck der geschauten klassischen Welt - stellte Pagels dann seine "Ringergruppe" von in der Tat antiker Schönheit und Kraft aus. Diese überlebensgroße Komposition war ihm lediglich eine Studienarbeit, um den Blick zu schärfen für das Wiederkehrende der Bewegungserscheinungen. Keine verlorene Mühe ist es in der Tat gewesen, selbst der Laie wird diese fabelhaft getreue Wiedergabe der äußersten Muskelanspannung der kämpfenden Leiber mit Bewunderung betrachten.

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