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Ernst Barlach
The pariah's prayer1924

Not on view
Lithograph of a crouching, emaciated male figure with head thrown back and mouth open, rendered in bold black gestural strokes on white paper, with German text below
Artist or Maker
Ernst Barlach
Title
The pariah's prayer
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1924
Medium
Lithograph on J. W. Zanders bütten paper
Dimensions
Image: 5 11/16 x 6 7/8 in. (14.45 x 17.46 cm); Sheet: 15 5/16 x 11 9/16 in. (38.89 x 29.37 cm)
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
83.1.33.1h
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • 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.

  • 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.