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Ernst Barlach
The Beggar (Der Bettler)cast 1984, original 1930

Not on view
Dark bronze or cast-metal sculpture of a gaunt standing male figure in a sleeveless garment, head tilted back, set within a pointed Gothic arch niche

Ernst Barlach, The Beggar (Der Bettler), cast 1984, original 1930, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Germany, also active France, 1870-1938
Title
The Beggar (Der Bettler)
Date Made
cast 1984, original 1930
Medium
Bronze, cast number 5/8
Dimensions
Height: 85 3/8 in. (216.85 cm); Width: 22 7/8 in. (58.10 cm); Depth: 17 13/16 in. (45.24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold
Accession Number
M.84.97
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

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