A Veiled Beggar Woman (Charity)
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
Lot-No. 409
Designed 1919, made in bronze after 1961. Bronze, dark patinated. H. 37,1 cm, w. 29 cm, d. 32,5 cm. On the back of the plinth sign. E. Barlach, foundry stamp H. NOACK BERLIN. Kneeling beggar woman, with arms stretched out in supplication, her head is completely covered by a cloth. - Literature: Laur (WVZ 280) mentions 12 unnumbered casts, during Barlach's lifetime no casts were made in bronze, only one was made in wood. Further locations: Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg; Ernst Barlach Gesellschaft (Museums Ratzeburg, Wedel) as well as in Israel, Museum Jerusalem - 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: A Veiled Beggar Woman (Charity)
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holst. 1870 - Rostock 1938)
A Veiled Beggar Woman (Charity)
Lot-No. 409
Designed 1919, made in bronze after 1961. Bronze, dark patinated. H. 37,1 cm, w. 29 cm, d. 32,5 cm. On the back of the plinth sign. E. Barlach, foundry stamp H. NOACK BERLIN. Kneeling beggar woman, with arms stretched out in supplication, her head is completely covered by a cloth. - Literature: Laur (WVZ 280) mentions 12 unnumbered casts, during Barlach's lifetime no casts were made in bronze, only one was made in wood. Further locations: Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg; Ernst Barlach Gesellschaft (Museums Ratzeburg, Wedel) as well as in Israel, Museum Jerusalem - 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.
