Der Mann mit dem Mantel. 1922.
Bronze with brown patina.
Laur 347. Schult 269. With the name "Barlach" and the foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" on the rear of the plinth. From an unnumbered edition of 12 posthumous copies cast since 1965. 47 x 19.5 x 11.6 cm (18.5 x 7.6 x 4.5 in).
Cast by art foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin. [AR].
• Privately-owned for more than 30 years.
• Ernst Barlach's bulky and yet expressive style is singular among the German expressionists
• He wraps his figures in vast cloaks, as in the work here, so that physicalness recedes behind expression.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.

LITERATURE: Villa Grisebach Auktionen, auction no. 2, Berlin June 10, 1987, lot 6.