Wanderers | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2001.52
People: Ernst Barlach, German (Wedel, Germany 1870 - 1938 Rostock, Germany)
Title: Wanderers
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Wandersleute; Wanderndes Paar
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: relief, sculpture
Date: 1913
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/173508

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Walnut

Dimensions

54 x 61 x 18.6 cm (21 1/4 x 24 x 7 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: carved at l.r.: E Barlach
label: verso, c.l., black ink: [G]eorge Katz / Gateway [Great?] /
Neck Long I[sland] / New York / U.S.A.
(label torn, many parts missing)
inscription: verso, u.l., black crayon: 167E2IL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: George P. F. Katz, Great Neck, N.Y..; to Hertha Katz, bequest; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2001.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Schult 158, p. 104

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Bequest of Hertha Katz
Accession Year: 2001
Object Number: 2001.52
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Friedrich Schult, ed., Ernst Barlach. Das plastische Werk, Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co. (Hamburg, Germany, 1960), no. 158

Exhibition History

Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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2001.52: Wanderers