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Ernst Barlach
Russische Bettlerin II, 1932.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
172
Ernst Barlach
Russische Bettlerin II, 1932.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Ernst Barlach
1870 - 1938
Russische Bettlerin II. 1932.
Bronze.
Lower left with the signature. On the back with the foundry mark “H. Noack Berlin”. One of 31 unnumbered copies. 23.5 x 41.5 x 18.3 cm (9.2 x 16.3 x 7.2 in).
Inside, with the engraved inscription “III”
Posthumous cast after November 1938.
• A striking depiction of dignity and human suffering, as Barlach had experienced on his 1906 journey to southern Russia (today's Ukraine).
• Notable provenance: formerly in the Hermann Lange Collection, Krefeld.
• Other copies of this bronze are at, among others, the Ernst Barlach Haus in Hamburg, the Staatliches Museum Schwerin, the Seattle Art Museum in Washington, USA, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
PROVENANCE: Hermann Lange Collection, Krefeld (family-owned ever since).
EXHIBITION: Ernst Barlach, Kunsthalle Bremen 1959, Cat. No. 496 (different copy).
Ernst Barlach. Wege und Wandlungen. Vom Jugendstil zum Expressionismus, Museumsberg Flensburg, Ribe Kunstmuseum, Ernst Barlach Foundation Güstrow, Güstrow 2002, cat. no. 14 (different copy)
Ernst Barlach House. Hermannmann F. Reetsma Foundation, Hamburg 1962, cat. no. 14 (illustrated) (different copy).
LITERATURE: Elisabeth Laur, Ernst Barlach. Das plastische Werk, vol. 2, Güstrow 2006, CR no. 517
Friedrich Schult, Ernst Barlach, vol. 1: Das plastische Werk, Hamburg 1960, CR no. 71
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Elmar Jansen, Ernst Barlach. Werke und Werkentwürfe aus fünf Jahrzehnten, Academy of Arts of the GDR/State Museums of Berlin (East), Berlin 1981, vol. 3, no. 61 (different copy)
Ernst Barlach. Artist of the North, Kunsthalle Rostock, Hamburg/Güstrow 1998, p. 84 (different copy).
"In Russia, I saw this astonishing unity of internal and external, this symbolic: that is how we are as human beings—all of us, at heart, beggars and troubled souls. That is why I had to express what I saw.."
Ernst Barlach 1920
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.36 h +/- 20 min.
1870 - 1938
Russische Bettlerin II. 1932.
Bronze.
Lower left with the signature. On the back with the foundry mark “H. Noack Berlin”. One of 31 unnumbered copies. 23.5 x 41.5 x 18.3 cm (9.2 x 16.3 x 7.2 in).
Inside, with the engraved inscription “III”
Posthumous cast after November 1938.
• A striking depiction of dignity and human suffering, as Barlach had experienced on his 1906 journey to southern Russia (today's Ukraine).
• Notable provenance: formerly in the Hermann Lange Collection, Krefeld.
• Other copies of this bronze are at, among others, the Ernst Barlach Haus in Hamburg, the Staatliches Museum Schwerin, the Seattle Art Museum in Washington, USA, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
PROVENANCE: Hermann Lange Collection, Krefeld (family-owned ever since).
EXHIBITION: Ernst Barlach, Kunsthalle Bremen 1959, Cat. No. 496 (different copy).
Ernst Barlach. Wege und Wandlungen. Vom Jugendstil zum Expressionismus, Museumsberg Flensburg, Ribe Kunstmuseum, Ernst Barlach Foundation Güstrow, Güstrow 2002, cat. no. 14 (different copy)
Ernst Barlach House. Hermannmann F. Reetsma Foundation, Hamburg 1962, cat. no. 14 (illustrated) (different copy).
LITERATURE: Elisabeth Laur, Ernst Barlach. Das plastische Werk, vol. 2, Güstrow 2006, CR no. 517
Friedrich Schult, Ernst Barlach, vol. 1: Das plastische Werk, Hamburg 1960, CR no. 71
-.-
Elmar Jansen, Ernst Barlach. Werke und Werkentwürfe aus fünf Jahrzehnten, Academy of Arts of the GDR/State Museums of Berlin (East), Berlin 1981, vol. 3, no. 61 (different copy)
Ernst Barlach. Artist of the North, Kunsthalle Rostock, Hamburg/Güstrow 1998, p. 84 (different copy).
"In Russia, I saw this astonishing unity of internal and external, this symbolic: that is how we are as human beings—all of us, at heart, beggars and troubled souls. That is why I had to express what I saw.."
Ernst Barlach 1920
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 14.36 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium and taxation for Ernst Barlach "Russische Bettlerin II"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
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