Description

German, 1870-1938
Der Rächer (The Avenger), modeled in 1914, cast at a later date
Signed E. Barlach and stamped with the foundry mark H. NOANK BERLIN on base
Bronze
Height 17 1/4 inches (43.8 cm)

Provenance:
Hauswedell and Nolte, Modern Art Auction 312, Jun. 8-9, 1995, lot 31

Literature:
Friedrich Schult, Ernst Barlach: Werkverzeichnis: Das plastische Werk, Hamburg, 1960, no. 167, p. 109 (another cast illus.)
Peter Paret, An Artist Against the Third Reich, Ernst Barlach, 1933-1938, Cambridge, 2003, no. 11 (another cast illus.)
Elisabeth Laur (ed.), Ernst Barlach, Das plastische Werk, vol. II, Güstrow, 2006, no. 229, pp. 141-142 (another cast illus.)
Roman Zieglgänsberger (ed.), Zwischen Brücke und Blauem Reiter, Hanna Bekker vom Rath als Wegbereiterin der Moderne, exh. cat., Museum Wiesbaden, Cologne, 2014, p. 182 (another cast illus.)

Condition

Was conserved in 2025. The surface was vacuumed with brushes and then cleaned to reduce dust and dirt; wooden tools and bamboo skewers were used to remove core material from the exterior and interior surfaces; a thin layer of clear synthetci microcrystalline wax was applied and then a brown wax was applied to a few greenish pitted areas.

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