Barlach; Ernst
1870 Wedel - 1938 Rostock

The Singing Man. 1928. Bronze; brass-coloured patina. 49 x 56 x 40.5cm. Signed (cut) verso on the foot support: EBARLACH. Foundry mark next to it: H. NOACK BERLIN.

Presumably one of 38 unnumbered bronze casts after 1938. The plaster model for this cast was made by Barlach in 1928 (cat. rais. Laur; cat. rais. no. 431). The artist sketched the figure of the singer in the (charcoal) drawings "Singender Mann"; 1912; "Entwurf f黵 einen Kamin";1915; and "Singender Mann im Rund"; 1918; (cat. rais. Laur/Wittboldt; Teil 1; cat. rais. nos. 1189; 1369; and 1588).

Provenance:
- Walter Franz Collection (until 1984)
- Kunsthaus Lempertz; Cologne; 600. auction; 2 and 4 June 1984; lot 241 (label)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Waffenschmidt Collection; Cologne

Exhibition:
- K鰈ner Kunstverein; Cologne 1964; cat. no. 8 with ill. (label)

Literature:
- Laur; Elisabeth: Ernst Barlach - Werkverzeichnis II; Das plastische Werk; G黶trow 2006;
cat. rais. no. 432.2 with b/w. Abb. (here slightly different measurements: 49.3 x 46.6 x 42.6cm)
- Schult; Friedrich: Das plastische Werk; Hamburg 1960; cat. rais. no. 343 with b/w ill.

Informations Collection WaffenschmidtArt trade; Van Ham.