A sculpture group 'Sleeping vagrants' or 'Sleeping pair of farmers'
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
Lot-No. 506
Proceeds : 2.700 €
Meissen, molding after 1973, the model from 1922 (wooden version from 1912). Unglazed Böttger stoneware. At the bottom impressed '85033' and 'Böttger Steinzeug', verso on back crossed swords mark. H. 27 cm, w. 42 cm, d. 28 cm. - Provenance: Collection Helmut Schmidt; his partner Ruth Loah; then by inheritance. - German sculptor, writer a. illustrator. B. studied 1888-95 at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule a. 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.
Ernst Barlach: A sculpture group 'Sleeping vagrants' or 'Sleeping pair of farmers'
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
A sculpture group 'Sleeping vagrants' or 'Sleeping pair of farmers'
Lot-No. 506
Proceeds : 2.700 €
Meissen, molding after 1973, the model from 1922 (wooden version from 1912). Unglazed Böttger stoneware. At the bottom impressed '85033' and 'Böttger Steinzeug', verso on back crossed swords mark. H. 27 cm, w. 42 cm, d. 28 cm. - Provenance: Collection Helmut Schmidt; his partner Ruth Loah; then by inheritance. - German sculptor, writer a. illustrator. B. studied 1888-95 at the Hamburg Kunstgewerbeschule a. 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.
