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Lot 357 Dα

Ernst Barlach - Der Blinde

Auction 1110 - overview Cologne
01.06.2018, 17:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 8.000 €
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Ernst Barlach

Der Blinde
1935

Plaster, tinted brown Height 55.6 cm Unsigned. Probably one of five known casts. - Isolated superficial chippings, mainly in the area of the base.

Catalogue Raisonné

Laur 580; Schult I 458 (this variant in non tinted plaster)

Provenance

Familiy possession, Westphalia (since 1950s)

Exhibitions

Bremen 1959 (Kunsthalle), Ernst Barlach, cat. no. 32 (here erroneously titled "Krückenbettler"); Schleswig 1989 (Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf), Ernst Barlach. Denkzeichen, cat. no. 80; Bremen/Güstrow 2001 (Gerhard Marcks Haus/ Ernst Barlach Stiftung), Die Gemeinschaft der Heiligen. Der Figurenzyklus an der Katharinenkirche zu Lübeck und das monumentale Werk Ernst Barlachs, cat. no. 18 with illus. p.101