One-legged Man (Das Hinkende Einbein)
One-legged Man (Das Hinkende Einbein)

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One-legged Man (Das Hinkende Einbein),

1934

Ernst Barlach, German, 1870–1938
y1950-63
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Collection Publications: Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach's images of the Niblungen and Faust

Information

Title
One-legged Man (Das Hinkende Einbein)
Dates

1934

Maker
Ernst Barlach
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
54 × 29.3 × 20.6 cm (21 1/4 × 11 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, John Maclean Magie, Class of 1892, and Gertrude Magie Fund
Object Number
y1950-63
Signatures
Signed at back of base: E. Barlach.
Culture
German
Type
sculpture
Materials
bronze
Subject
figures (representations), brass (alloy), men, cloaks, detachable legs, hats

Private collector, New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Modern Paintings by French and American Artists, sale 1183, October 18, 1950, no. 43; purchased by The Art Museum, Princeton University.

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