Seated Girl

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Object Details

Artist
Ernst Barlach, German, b. Wedel, 1870–1938
Date
(1908)/carved 1937
Medium
Carved wood
Dimensions
19 5/8 X 17 X 18 3/4 IN. (49.8 X 43.2 X 47.6 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Marion L. Ring Estate, 1987
Accession Number
87.22

The Artist, Güstrow, 1937
Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (gift from the Artist), to 1945?
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf (acquired from Böhmer or his estate), to June 1956
Marion and Gustav Ring, Washington, D.C. (acquired from Vömel), June 1956-1987
Gift of the Marion L. Ring Estate, 1987
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Selections from the Collection of Marion and Gustave Ring," 17 October 1985-12 January 1986, no. 3, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Recent Acquistions, 1986-1988," 15 March-14 May 1989, unpublished checklist, no. 8.

SCHULT, FRIEDRICH. Ernst Barlach das Plastische Werk (Hamburg: E. Hausewedell, 1960), no. 477, p. 248.
MOLOTSKY, IRVIN. "Hirshhorn Given 8 Major Works," New York Times (6 January 1988), p. C13, ill.
UNSIGNED. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musees en 1987," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 1430 (March 1988), p. 67.
UNSIGNED. "Acquisition," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Calendar (Spring / Summer 1988), ill. on cover.
UNSIGNED. News Release (Washington, DC: Office of Public Affairs, Smithsonian Institution, 7 March 1989), p. 2.
RICHARD, PAUL. "The Display of Daring: Modern Riches in the Hirshhorn's 'Recent Acquisitions,'" Washington Post (15 March 1989), ill. p. B1; p. B8.
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Signature
Incised On Base CL: E Barlach 1937
Inscriptions
No Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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