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Ernst Barlach
Laughing Old Woman (Lachende Alte)1936-7, cast after 1939

Not on view
Small bronze sculpture of a robed kneeling figure, head thrown sharply back, body deeply arched, with warm chestnut-brown patina and high-gloss finish
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
Laughing Old Woman (Lachende Alte)
Date Made
1936-7, cast after 1939
Medium
Bronze, one of 14 unnumbered examples
Dimensions
8 3/16 × 12 3/16 × 4 7/8 in. (20.8 × 30.96 × 12.38 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stanford and Ruth Optner
Accession Number
M.86.67
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1870-1938). Sigbert H. Marcy (1882-1969), Beverly Hills; Stanford Opter, Los Angeles; given in 1986 to LACMA.