Lot 132
  • 132

Ernst Barlach

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ernst Barlach
  • Der Rächer (The Avenger)
  • inscribed E.Barlach, stamped with the foundry mark H. Noack Berlin and bearing the numbering 9/10
  • bronze
  • length: 57.2cm., 22½in.
  • height: 43.5cm., 17⅛in.

Provenance

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
Solomon & Augusta Gottfried, Montreal (acquired from the above on 13th February 1974)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Carl Dietrich Carls, Ernst Barlach, Das plastische, graphische und dichterische Werk, Berlin, 1931, illustration of another cast p. 29
Ernst Barlach, Ein Selbsterzähltes Leben, Munich, 1948, no. 38, illustration of another cast
Friedrich Schult, Ernst Barlach, Das Plastische Werk, Hamburg, 1960, no. 167, illustration of another cast p. 109
Ernst Barlach, 1870-1938 (exhibition catalogue)Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1984, no. 21, illustration of another cast p. 72
Ernst Barlach & Anita Beloubek-Hammer, Plastische Meister-Werke, Leipzig, 1996, illustration of another cast p. 67
Elisabeth Laur, Das plastiche Werk. Werkverzeichnis II, Güstrow, 2006, no. 229, illustration of another cast p. 141

Condition

Bronze is sound, with an attractive light-brown patina with reddish-gold nuances. There is a light build-up of dust in the crevices and minor wear in the most protruding areas. No visible scratches to the patina besides a tiny nick between the folds of the cloak near the figure's upper left leg. Some very minor spots of verdigris are visible where the weapon meets the figure's back. The work is in very good condition.
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