Frierendes Mädchen. 1916.
Bronze with brown patina.
Laur 243. Schult 180. With the name "E Barlach" in left of the plinth and with the foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" on the reverse. One of 21 unnumbered posthumous casts. 49.5 x 13.5 x 12.8 cm (19.4 x 5.3 x 5 in).
Cast by art foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin, after 1939. [AR].
• The hands pulled up to the chin and shrouded in a shawl: Barlach created a striking picture of a freezing woman with just a few gestures.
• Particularly fine document of the artist's closed and yet expressive style which was one-of-a-kind in Expressionism.
• Other copies are at, among others, the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle, and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Southern Germany.