Wedel 1870 – 1938 Rostock
”Der Wartende”. 1924
Provenance
Staatliches Museum, Saarbruecken (confiscated as "entartet" [degenerate] on 29 August 1937, EK-no.: 6888, listed as "Mann mit zusammengefalteten Händen“) / Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (acquired 1939 at Galerie Fischer auction, Lucerne) / Walter Bauer, Fulda (acquired 1940 from Bernard A. Böhmer, thence by descent to the present owner)
Addendum/Erratum
The sculpture originates from the collection of the Badische Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. It was acquired in 1932 and confiscated as „entartet" in 1937. This was verified by the historical inventory of the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. We would like to thank Dr. Leonie Beiersdorf, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, for kindly providing additional information.
EUR 250,000
- 350,000
USD 294,000
- 412,000
Sold for:
482,600 EUR (incl. premium)
Auction 370
Thursday, November 27th 2025, 2:00 PM
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Exhibition
Holzbildwerke Ernst Barlach. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 1926, cat. no. 31 / Internationale Kunstausstellung Dresden. Dresden, Städtischer Ausstellungspalast, 1926, cat. no. 893 / Ernst Barlach. Berlin, Preußische Akademie der Künste, 1930 / Ernst Barlach. Essen, Folkwang Museum, 1930 / Entartete Kunst. Bildersturm vor 25 Jahren. München, Haus der Kunst, 1962, cat. no. 3, w. ill. (there mistakenly listed as former ownership of Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)
Literature and illustration
Ernst Barlach: Selbsterzähltes Leben. Berlin, R. Piper & Co., 1928, ill. pl. 58 / Carl Dietrich Carls: Ernst Barlach. Das plastische, graphische und dichterische Werk. Berlin, Rembrandt Verlag, 1931, ill. p. 30 / Auction: Gemälde und Plastiken moderner Meister aus deutschen Museen. Luzern, Galerie Fischer, 30.6.1939, cat. no. 9 / Arnold und Anneliese von Borsig (ed.): o. T. [private catalogue of the collection Walter Bauer]. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, [1941], n.p., w. ill.
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