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Ernst Barlach has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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Der Melonenesser
Details
Ernst Barlach (1870-1938)
Der Melonenesser
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E.BARLACH G5 H.NOACK BERLIN' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 13¼ in. (33.5 cm.)
Length: 15½ in. (39.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1907 and cast in an edition of 16, this example cast circa 1970s
Der Melonenesser
signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'E.BARLACH G5 H.NOACK BERLIN' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 13¼ in. (33.5 cm.)
Length: 15½ in. (39.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1907 and cast in an edition of 16, this example cast circa 1970s
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Achim Moeller Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1983.
Achim Moeller Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1983.
Literature
F. Schult, Ernst Barlach, Das Plastische Werk, vol. I, Hamburg 1960, no. 64 (another cast illustrated p. 62).
Ernst Barlach Stiftung (ed.), Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, Güstrow, 2006, no. 112 (another cast illustrated p. 103).
Ernst Barlach Stiftung (ed.), Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, Güstrow, 2006, no. 112 (another cast illustrated p. 103).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ernst Barlach and Kaethe Kollwitz, November - December 1967.
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India Phillips