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Ernst Barlach
Der singende Mann, 1928.
Bronze with brown patina
Post auction sale: € 54,000 / $ 56,700
Der singende Mann. 1928 Cast between 1930 - 40.
Bronze with brown patina.
Lauer 432, Schult 343. With the signature below the right foot and the foundry mark "H.NOACK BERLIN" on the front. From an unnumbered edition of a total of 54 posthumous copies cast after 1938. 49.5 x 46.6 x 42.6 cm (19.4 x 18.3 x 16.7 in).
• Ernst Barlach's block-like, closed yet expressive formal language is unique among the German Expressionists
• He usually wraps his figures in loose clothing, as is the case here, so that the physicality takes a backseat to the expression.
• 19 copies of this bronze are in museum collections, among them the MoMA New York, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland / Ohio, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
EXHIBITION: Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin Düsseldorf 1930, cat. no. 19 (different copy)
Ernst Barlach. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Städtisch Galerie München, August 7 - October 4, 1959, cat. 47, cover (different copy).
LITERATURE: H. Thime, Ernst Barlachs Skulptur "Der singende Mann" in der Ausstellung "Neue deutscher Kunst, " Oslo 1932, in: Cat. Rostock Ernst Barlach. Artist of the North, Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Rostock, 1998, pp. 310 ff. (different copy).
Bronze with brown patina.
Lauer 432, Schult 343. With the signature below the right foot and the foundry mark "H.NOACK BERLIN" on the front. From an unnumbered edition of a total of 54 posthumous copies cast after 1938. 49.5 x 46.6 x 42.6 cm (19.4 x 18.3 x 16.7 in).
• Ernst Barlach's block-like, closed yet expressive formal language is unique among the German Expressionists
• He usually wraps his figures in loose clothing, as is the case here, so that the physicality takes a backseat to the expression.
• 19 copies of this bronze are in museum collections, among them the MoMA New York, the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland / Ohio, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
EXHIBITION: Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin Düsseldorf 1930, cat. no. 19 (different copy)
Ernst Barlach. Plastik, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, Städtisch Galerie München, August 7 - October 4, 1959, cat. 47, cover (different copy).
LITERATURE: H. Thime, Ernst Barlachs Skulptur "Der singende Mann" in der Ausstellung "Neue deutscher Kunst, " Oslo 1932, in: Cat. Rostock Ernst Barlach. Artist of the North, Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Rostock, 1998, pp. 310 ff. (different copy).
With the sculpture "Der Singende Mann" (The Singing Man), Ernst Barlach takes up music as one of his favorite themes. In the young man singing with his eyes closed, he depicts the internalization of music. The bronze is a particularly beautiful example of his mastery of a theme the artist revisited time and again. The large bronze combines compositional sophistication with intimate expressiveness. The plaster cast from 1928, destroyed in 1945, was cast in zinc in the same year. Today this copy is owned by the Ernst Barlach Foundation, Güstrow. In 1930, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim announced an unnumbered edition of 10 copies. However, due to the high demand, the number of copies that were actually made was probably exceeded over the next few years. (Schult p. 191)
In terms of its composition, the bronze combines the blocky character typical of Barlach with the spaciousness. The bent left leg emphasizes a different direction than the two hands that hold the right knee. As a result, the figure appears stable, solid and yet animated by a special lightness. [EH]
In terms of its composition, the bronze combines the blocky character typical of Barlach with the spaciousness. The bent left leg emphasizes a different direction than the two hands that hold the right knee. As a result, the figure appears stable, solid and yet animated by a special lightness. [EH]
465
Ernst Barlach
Der singende Mann, 1928.
Bronze with brown patina
Post auction sale: € 54,000 / $ 56,700
Buyer's premium and taxation for Ernst Barlach "Der singende Mann"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
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 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.