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Der Rächer
Details
ERNST BARLACH (1870-1938)
Der Rächer
signed 'E Barlach' (near the lower foot); stamped with foundry mark 'H. NOACK BERLIN' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
height: 17 1/4 in. (43.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1914 and cast in an edition of 30; this example probably cast after 1939
Der Rächer
signed 'E Barlach' (near the lower foot); stamped with foundry mark 'H. NOACK BERLIN' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
height: 17 1/4 in. (43.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1914 and cast in an edition of 30; this example probably cast after 1939
Provenance
Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Hofheim am Taunus, by whom acquired by 1950, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
F. Schult, Ernst Barlach, Das Plastische Werk, Hamburg, 1960, no. 167, p. 109 (another version illustrated).
P. Paret, An Artist Against the Third Reich, Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938, Cambridge, 2003, no. 11 (another version illustrated).
E. Laur, (ed.), Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, vol. II, Güstrow, 2006, no. 229, pp. 141 & 142 (another version illustrated p. 141).
R. Zieglgänsberger (ed.), Zwischen Brücke und Blauem Reiter, Hanna Bekker vom Rath als Wegbereiterin der Moderne, exh. cat., Museum Wiesbaden, Cologne, 2014, p. 182 (illustrated).
P. Paret, An Artist Against the Third Reich, Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938, Cambridge, 2003, no. 11 (another version illustrated).
E. Laur, (ed.), Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, vol. II, Güstrow, 2006, no. 229, pp. 141 & 142 (another version illustrated p. 141).
R. Zieglgänsberger (ed.), Zwischen Brücke und Blauem Reiter, Hanna Bekker vom Rath als Wegbereiterin der Moderne, exh. cat., Museum Wiesbaden, Cologne, 2014, p. 182 (illustrated).
Special Notice
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