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Lot 396
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Ernst Barlach

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ernst Barlach
  • Der Zweifler (THE DOUBTER)
  • inscribed E. Barlach and stamped indistinctly with the foundry mark H. NOACK, BERLIN FRIEDENAU
  • bronze
  • height: 51.5cm., 20 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired in Germany by the present owner's grandmother

Literature

Carl Dietrich Carls, Ernst Barlach, Das plastische, graphische und dichterische Werk, Berlin, 1931, illustration of another cast p. 63  
Friedrich Schult, Ernst Barlach, Das Plastische Werk, Hamburg, 1960, no. 385, illustration of another cast p. 210
The Joy of Colour (exhibition catalogue), The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1998, no. 72, illustration of another cast p. 203
Elisabeth Laur, Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, Werkverzeichnis II, Güstrow, 2006, no. 470, illustration of another cast p. 222
Ernst Barlach, Bildhauer der Moderne (exhibition catalogue), Hamburg & Istanbul, 2006, no. I-385, illustration of another cast p. 165

Condition

Brown/gold patina. Apart from some light surface scratches and minor patina wear in places, consistent with age and handling, this work is in overall very good condition. Colours: fairlu accurate, though slightly darker in the original.
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