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Ernst Barlach
The Fluteplayer (Der Flotenblaser)1936, cast after 1939

Not on view
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Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
The Fluteplayer (Der Flotenblaser)
Date Made
1936, cast after 1939
Medium
Bronze, one of 26 unnumbered casts
Dimensions
23 × 15 × 8 in. (58.42 × 38.1 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stanford and Ruth Optner
Accession Number
M.85.95
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1870-1938). Sanford (1920-2017) and Ruth Optner (1922-2014), Los Angeles; given in 1985 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Barlach, Ernst, Elisabeth Laur, and Volker G. Probst. Ernst Barlach: Das Plastische Werk. Güstrow: Ernst-Barlach-Stiftung, 2006.