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Ernst Barlach

Wedel 1870 – 1938 Rostock

”Der Wartende”. 1924

Wood. 63 × 31 × 19 cm (24 ¾ × 12 ¼ × 7 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.
This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.
This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.
This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.
This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Barlach. ”Der Wartende”. 1924.

Estimate:

EUR 250,000

 

- 350,000

USD 294,000

 

- 412,000

Sold for:

482,600 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 370

Thursday, November 27th 2025, 2:00 PM

Information

Wood. 63 × 31 × 19 cm (24 ¾ × 12 ¼ × 7 ½ in.). Signed and dated on the plinth next to the left foot: E. Barlach 1924. Catalogue raisonné: Laur 376. Unique work. Plinth skillfully repaired. [3101]

Plinth skillfully repaired

Staatliches Museum, Saarbruecken (confiscated as "entartet" [degenerate] on 29 August 1937, EK-no.: 6888, listed as "Mann mit zusammengefalteten Händen“) / Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (acquired 1939 at Galerie Fischer auction, Lucerne) / Walter Bauer, Fulda (acquired 1940 from Bernard A. Böhmer, thence by descent to the present owner)

The sculpture originates from the collection of the Badische Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. It was acquired in 1932 and confiscated as „entartet" in 1937. This was verified by the historical inventory of the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. We would like to thank Dr. Leonie Beiersdorf, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, for kindly providing additional information.

Holzbildwerke Ernst Barlach. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 1926, cat. no. 31 / Internationale Kunstausstellung Dresden. Dresden, Städtischer Ausstellungspalast, 1926, cat. no. 893 / Ernst Barlach. Berlin, Preußische Akademie der Künste, 1930 / Ernst Barlach. Essen, Folkwang Museum, 1930 / Entartete Kunst. Bildersturm vor 25 Jahren. München, Haus der Kunst, 1962, cat. no. 3, w. ill. (there mistakenly listed as former ownership of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)

Ernst Barlach: Selbsterzähltes Leben. Berlin, R. Piper & Co., 1928, ill. pl. 58 / Carl Dietrich Carls: Ernst Barlach. Das plastische, graphische und dichterische Werk. Berlin, Rembrandt Verlag, 1931, ill. p. 30 / Auction: Gemälde und Plastiken moderner Meister aus deutschen Museen. Luzern, Galerie Fischer, 30.6.1939, cat. no. 9 / Arnold und Anneliese von Borsig (ed.): o. T. [private catalogue of the collection Walter Bauer]. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, [1941], n.p., w. ill.