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Ernst Barlach
God the Father Hovering (Schwebender Gottvater)1922, edition 1956

Not on view
Dark-patinated bronze sculpture of a bearded older man from the waist up, leaning forward with one arm extended and robes billowing dramatically to one side, mounted on a stepped rectangular pedestal

Ernst Barlach, God the Father Hovering (Schwebender Gottvater), 1922, edition 1956, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Lawrence, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
God the Father Hovering (Schwebender Gottvater)
Date Made
1922, edition 1956
Medium
Bӧttger stoneware
Dimensions
19 7/8 × 13 × 19 3/4 in. (50.48 × 33.02 × 50.17 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Lawrence
Accession Number
M.82.156
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1870-1938). Dr. (1926-1980) and Mrs. Ronald Lawrence (1930-), Los Angeles; given in 1982 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography

  • Tanaka, Fumio. "History of Christian Art." Fujin-no-Tomo (November 2000).

  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.

  • Barron, Stephanie. German Expressionist Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983.

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