Russian Lovers
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
Lot-No. 862
Proceeds : 600 €
Designed in 1908, first moulded in 1909 in the Schwarzburger Werkstätten Unterweißbach, the present version from 1995. Porcelain, white. Stamped 'Schwarzburger Werk-stätten für Porzellankunst' and embossed lacing fox, model no. 'U9'. On the plinth 'lithographic' sign. 'E. Barlach'. Bridge of the mandolin rep. H. 21 cm, w. 36,5 x 27,5 cm. - German sculptor, writer and illustrator. B. studied 1888-95 at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule and at the Dresden academy. He lived in Paris for two years before working as ceramicist in Hamburg, among others for the Altona manufactory Mutz. A journey to Russia became distinctive for his work. He first exhibited sculptures from Russian folk life at the Berlin secession in 1907. Subsequently he received many important public commissions. B. was very much pressurized by the Nazis, a. many of his works were seized or destroyed. Today he is appreciated as one of the most important sculptors of the 20th cent. Mus.: Hamburg (Ernst Barlach Haus), Nuremberg (Germanisches Nationalmuseum), Schwerin a. others. Lit.: Schult (cat. rais.) a. others.
Ernst Barlach: Russian Lovers
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
Russian Lovers
Lot-No. 862
Proceeds : 600 €
Designed in 1908, first moulded in 1909 in the Schwarzburger Werkstätten Unterweißbach, the present version from 1995. Porcelain, white. Stamped 'Schwarzburger Werk-stätten für Porzellankunst' and embossed lacing fox, model no. 'U9'. On the plinth 'lithographic' sign. 'E. Barlach'. Bridge of the mandolin rep. H. 21 cm, w. 36,5 x 27,5 cm. - German sculptor, writer and illustrator. B. studied 1888-95 at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule and at the Dresden academy. He lived in Paris for two years before working as ceramicist in Hamburg, among others for the Altona manufactory Mutz. A journey to Russia became distinctive for his work. He first exhibited sculptures from Russian folk life at the Berlin secession in 1907. Subsequently he received many important public commissions. B. was very much pressurized by the Nazis, a. many of his works were seized or destroyed. Today he is appreciated as one of the most important sculptors of the 20th cent. Mus.: Hamburg (Ernst Barlach Haus), Nuremberg (Germanisches Nationalmuseum), Schwerin a. others. Lit.: Schult (cat. rais.) a. others.
