The Fluteplayer (Der Flotenblaser)

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The Fluteplayer (Der Flotenblaser)

1936, cast after 1939
Sculpture
Bronze, one of 26 unnumbered casts
23 × 15 × 8 in. (58.42 × 38.1 × 20.32 cm)
Gift of Stanford and Ruth Optner (M.85.95)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (1870-1938). Sanford (1920-2017) and Ruth Optner (1922-2014), Los Angeles; given in 1985 to LACMA.

Bibliography

  • Barlach, Ernst, Elisabeth Laur, and Volker G. Probst. Ernst Barlach: Das Plastische Werk. Güstrow: Ernst-Barlach-Stiftung, 2006.