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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR75.2
People
Ernst Barlach, German (Wedel, Germany 1870 - 1938 Rostock, Germany)
Title
Seated Girl
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Sitzendes Mädchen; Russian Girl
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1937
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222359

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Amaranth wood
Dimensions
50.2 x 44.5 x 47 cm (19 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Artist, sold; to father of Augusta Weber, 1937; brought to U.S. in 1939 by Augusta Weber, sold; to Mr. George P. F. Katz, by descent to Mrs. George P. F. Katz, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1975.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Schult 476

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. George P. F. Katz in memory of her husband, Dr. George P. F. Katz
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
BR75.2
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. 476
  • Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 74, repr. p. 75

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986

Verification Level

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