The Transition
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
Lot-No. 410
Designed 1917, made in bronze after 1954. Bronzerelief, brown patinated. 32 x 43 cm. Signed on the lower edge. Barlach, foundry stamp H. NOACK BERLIN. Three figures in long robes: on the right a standing figure with her hands against her cheeks. She is looking at a figure floating up in the middle, covering her eyes with her hands. On the left, a half-kneeling figure, hands raised defensively - Literature: Laur (cat. rais. 258) mentions 15 copies, 4 of them numbered from the year of casting 1954 and 11 unnumbered ones since 1954. During Barlach's lifetime, no bronze casting was carried out, but only 1 copy in wood. Other locations: Kunsthalle Bremen, Ernst Barlach Foundation Güstrow, Ernst Barlach Society (museums Ratzeburg, Wedel), State Museum Schwerin - Provenance: From the artist's family - 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: The Transition
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
The Transition
Lot-No. 410
Designed 1917, made in bronze after 1954. Bronzerelief, brown patinated. 32 x 43 cm. Signed on the lower edge. Barlach, foundry stamp H. NOACK BERLIN. Three figures in long robes: on the right a standing figure with her hands against her cheeks. She is looking at a figure floating up in the middle, covering her eyes with her hands. On the left, a half-kneeling figure, hands raised defensively - Literature: Laur (cat. rais. 258) mentions 15 copies, 4 of them numbered from the year of casting 1954 and 11 unnumbered ones since 1954. During Barlach's lifetime, no bronze casting was carried out, but only 1 copy in wood. Other locations: Kunsthalle Bremen, Ernst Barlach Foundation Güstrow, Ernst Barlach Society (museums Ratzeburg, Wedel), State Museum Schwerin - Provenance: From the artist's family - 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.
