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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, No. 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.

estimate €35.000,- to €40.000,-

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