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Ernst Barlach
The Doubter (Der Zwiefler)1930, cast after 1938

Not on view
Bronze sculpture of a kneeling, bearded figure with head bowed and hands clasped, warm honey-brown patina, simplified pyramidal form

Ernst Barlach, The Doubter (Der Zwiefler), 1930, cast after 1938, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Stanford and Ruth Optner, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Germany, also active France, 1870-1938
Title
The Doubter (Der Zwiefler)
Date Made
1930, cast after 1938
Medium
Bronze, one of 27 unnumbered casts
Dimensions
20 5/16 × 11 × 7 7/8 in. (51.59 × 27.94 × 20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stanford and Ruth Optner
Accession Number
M.87.78
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1870-1938). Sanford (1943-2017) and Ruth Optner, Los Angeles; given in 1987 to LACMA.