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Lot 279 Dα

Ernst Barlach - Der Blinde

Auction 1143 - overview Cologne
30.11.2019, 11:30 - Modern Art II
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)

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