Ernst Barlach

Dr Friedrich Dross, Bremen (founder and first president of the Ernst-Barlach-Gesellschaft)
Dr Heinke Thies (by descent from the above)
Galerie Bellmannstrasse 14, Hamburg
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1983

Friedrich Schult, Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, Hamburg, 1960, no. 332, illustration of another cast p. 186
Elisabeth Laur, Ernst Barlach - Das plastische Werk, Güstrow, 2006, no. 419, illustration of another cast p. 204

Apart from three tiny chips to the feet of the figure, this work is in very good condition.
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The present work is a preliminary study for the Güstrower Ehrenmal, a memorial for the cathedral in Güstrow, Barlach's birthplace. On the occasion of the cathedral's 700-year anniversary, the church community commissioned the artist to produce a memorial in remembrance of the victims of the First World War.