Dorotheum: Modern Art: Lot 1
Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holstein 1870-1938 Rostock)
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Ernst Barlach (Wedel/Holstein 1870-1938 Rostock) "The Muser II", 1934, brown patinated bronze, signed E. Barlach, from the edition of 20 unnumbered casts, with founder's mark H. Noack, Berlin, height 68.5 cm, (PS) Provenance: private collection, New York Literature: Volker Probst (ed.), Ernst Barlach, Das Plastische Werk, with contributions by Elisabeth Laur, Ernst Barlach-Stiftung, Güstrow, p. 252, 559 Like hardly another work of the 20th century, Ernst Barlach's sculpture The Muser II directly refers to medieval art. This figure is an embodiment of religiousness, melancholia, and tranquillity.
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