Modern artworks, particularly those influenced by primitivism, were considered Entartete Kunst (degenerate art) by the Nazi regime, and Freundlich's sculpture was withdrawn from display soon after the Nazis gained power in Germany in 1933. It was included in the Degenerate Art Exhibition (Ausstellung "Entartete Kunst") that opened in Munich in 1937, displayed in the ground floor lobby with a wooden work, Der Schmied von Hagen, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. It was featured on the cover of the catalogue for the exhibition, which was published in November 1937 and sold for 30 pfennigs, and also included in "Group 8" in the guide, alongside works by two other Jewish artists, a self portrait by Ludwig Meidner and a sculpture by Rudolf Haizmann.