Details
Ernst Barlach (1870-1938)
Das Wiedersehen
signed on the top of the base E. Barlach, stamped on the left side of the base H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU, bronze with brown patina
18¾in. (47.6cm.) high
Original wood version executed in 1926; one from an edition of approximately 36 cast since 1930; this bronze version cast before 1945
Das Wiedersehen
signed on the top of the base E. Barlach, stamped on the left side of the base H. NOACK BERLIN FRIEDENAU, bronze with brown patina
18¾in. (47.6cm.) high
Original wood version executed in 1926; one from an edition of approximately 36 cast since 1930; this bronze version cast before 1945
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, from whom bought by the family of the present owner circa 1945
Literature
W. Stubbe, Ernst Barlach Plastik, Munich, 1959, p. 227 (wood version illustrated, pls. 61 and 62)
F. Schult, Ernst Barlach das Plastische Werk, Hamburg, Vol. I, 1960, nos. 306-308 (bronze version illustrated p. 174; wood version illustrated p. 175)
W. Stubbe (intro.), Ernst Barlach Plastik, Tausend, 1964, p. 227 (wood version illustrated, pl. 61)
C. D. Carls, Ernst Barlach, New York, 1969, pp. 84 and 85 (wood version illustrated)
F. Schult, Ernst Barlach das Plastische Werk, Hamburg, Vol. I, 1960, nos. 306-308 (bronze version illustrated p. 174; wood version illustrated p. 175)
W. Stubbe (intro.), Ernst Barlach Plastik, Tausend, 1964, p. 227 (wood version illustrated, pl. 61)
C. D. Carls, Ernst Barlach, New York, 1969, pp. 84 and 85 (wood version illustrated)