Sale: 368 / Modern Art, June 12. 2010 in Munich Lot 34

 
Ernst Barlach - Christusmaske VI


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Ernst Barlach
Christusmaske VI, 1931.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400
Sold:
€ 3,660 / $ 3,952

(incl. surcharge)

Bronze, with slight patina
Laur 485. Schult 383. With name and number 2/11 in left below chin, with foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" in right. 15,5 x 12,2 x 8,4 cm (6,1 x 4,8 x 3,3 in)
Cast from a posthumous edition after 1947, made after he clay model from 1931.

Based on a design with portrait-like features, Ernst Barlach created 11 variations of the 'Christusmaske' around 1931, which were entirely modeler in clay. Some of them, including this one, were cast in bronze at a later point. The strictly stylizing modelation of the face is the same in all variations, eventually attaining a design that emphasize the archaic. Barlach sees in his 'Christusmaske' less the prophet and rather the clairvoyant, which he portraits much older than it has actually been passed down. [KD].




34
Ernst Barlach
Christusmaske VI, 1931.
Bronze
Estimate:
€ 5,000 / $ 5,400
Sold:
€ 3,660 / $ 3,952

(incl. surcharge)