LOT DETAILS

Materials:

carved and stained wood

Measurements:

29.76 in. (75.60 cm.) (height)

Edition:

unique

Markings:

signed and dated 'E Barlach 1923' (on the top of the base)

Exhibited:

Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Ernst Barlach, Holzbildwerke, February 1926, no. 28. Essen, Museum Folkwang, Ernst Barlach, 1930. Lincoln, The University of Nebraska Art Galleries; Seattle, University of Washington; Dayton Art Institute and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Ernst Barlach, An Exhibition of His Work, October 1955-April 1956, no. 15.

Literature:

F. Schult, Ernst Barlach Das Plastiche Werk, Hamburg, 1960, p. 163, no. 284 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Eichenwald, Berlin and New York (circa 1935). By descent from the above to the present owner.