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Ernst Barlach
Goethe: Selected poems1924

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Lithograph title page with typeset text; central image shows a figure with long hair bending over an open book, rendered in bold, gestural strokes
Lithograph in black and white depicting a figure on horseback amid a turbulent landscape, with swirling water in the foreground, rocky formations and dense foliage in the background, rendered in vigorous, expressive mark-making with strong contrasts.
Charcoal or lithographic sketch of a standing figure in loose robes, arms outstretched holding billowing drapery, face tilted upward, rendered with vigorous expressive strokes. The word "INHALT" printed in spaced capitals below.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing in black and white; a standing figure in a long coat and hat, hands raised to face, surrounded by prostrate figures on the ground, with vigorous swirling marks suggesting wind or turbulent landscape in the background.
Charcoal or lithograph print with vigorous black strokes; a gaunt crouching figure at right reaches toward prone bodies and grave markers in a chaotic cemetery scene, with angular shadows raking across a stone wall; text below reads "DER TOTENTANZ"
Lithograph with vigorous gestural strokes, two figures in close physical contact against a turbulent background — a hunched figure leaning over a reclining figure with long flowing hair, rendered in dense black and white hatching.
Lithograph depicting three skeletal figures in animated dancing poses, set against a dark crosshatched background with a pillar or monument at center, rendered in vigorous black chalk strokes on cream paper.
Lithograph depicting three skeletal figures in dynamic dancing poses around a stone pedestal, rendered in dark charcoal tones with energetic, gestural mark-making on a pale ground.
Black and white lithograph with energetic charcoal-like strokes, depicting several figures in historical or theatrical dress; a woman in a full gown stands at left while a bearded seated figure in a dark cloak dominates the center, with additional figures kneeling and gathered at right, against a columned interior background.
Charcoal or lithograph drawing in black and white with vigorous, gestural marks; a skeletal or elongated figure hangs inverted at center, flanked by Gothic architectural elements including pointed arches and tracery at right; shadowy figures and turbulent foliage crowd the lower left background.
Lithograph with bold charcoal-like strokes; a cloaked figure seen from behind stands elevated, holding a long staff, overlooking a wide valley with a river, distant mountains, a sailboat, and clustered tents or rooftops below; German text 'GEISTESGRUSS' printed beneath.
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
Goethe: Selected poems
Place Made
Germany, Berlin
Date Made
1924
Medium
Thirty-one lithographs on J. W. Zanders bütten paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.33.1a-ee
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Schult, Friedrich. Ernst Barlach, das graphische Werk. Hrsg. mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Akademie der Künste zu Berlin. Series: His Ernest Barlach Werkverzeichnis, Bd. 2. Hamburg: E. Hauswedell, 1958.