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Ernst Barlach

Ernst Barlach

1870

WA-00012865

SculptureExpressionismArt Nouveau

Representation

None documented

36

Institutional Exhibitions

157

Works in Collection

260

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ156890

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

No image

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Prints by Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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In the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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German Drawing: The Expressionists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Published in Germany, 1923

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973–1974

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyAi Generated· 82%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/335
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/ernst-barlach
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

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Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (157)

Monks Reading

H.: 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The New Day (Der neue Tag)

The New Day (Der neue Tag)

1932 · Lithograph

composition: 12 3/8 x 17 1/16" (31.4 x 43.3 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 1/2" (49.6 x 64.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Despair and Hope II (Hoffnung und Verzweiflung II)

Despair and Hope II (Hoffnung und Verzweiflung II)

1931 · Lithograph

composition: 12 1/4 x 17 15/16" (31.1 x 45.5 cm); sheet: 19 x 25 3/16" (48.3 x 63.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hope and Despair II

Hope and Despair II

1931 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

King's Grave (Königsgrab)

King's Grave (Königsgrab)

1930 · Lithograph

composition: 10 11/16 x 14 5/16" (27.2 x 36.4 cm); sheet: 14 3/4 x 18 11/16" (37.5 x 47.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Singing Man

19 1/2 x 21 7/8 x 14 1/8" (49.5 x 55.3 x 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Self-Portrait II (Selbstbildnis II)

Self-Portrait II (Selbstbildnis II)

1928 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 9/16 x 8 7/8" (29.4 x 22.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 13/16 x 14 1/8" (47.8 x 35.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Singing Man

Overall: 49.8 x 53.3 x 36.8 cm (19 5/8 x 21 x 14 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head

13 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 14 5/8" (34.3 x 34.5 x 37 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Hornblower (Der Hornbläser)

The Hornblower (Der Hornbläser)

1927 · Charcoal on paper

(irreg. ): 25 1/2 x 14 1/2" (64.8 x 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Man with the Knife (Der Mann mit dem Messer)

The Man with the Knife (Der Mann mit dem Messer)

1926 · Lithograph

composition: 10 7/8 x 7 9/16" (27.7 x 19.2 cm); sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 1/2" (45.8 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rest (Rast)

1924 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 13 15/16 x 10 7/8" (35.4 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 21 1/8 x 14 15/16" (53.6 x 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Singing Girls (Singende Mädchen)

Singing Girls (Singende Mädchen)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 14 x 10 3/4" (35.6 x 27.3 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 14 7/8" (53.1 x 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sacrifice (The Procuress) (Dos Opfer (Die Kupplerin))

The Sacrifice (The Procuress) (Dos Opfer (Die Kupplerin))

1924 · Lithograph

composition (irreg. ): 14 1/4 x 10 7/8" (36.2 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 21 x 14 7/8" (53.3 x 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ex Profundis

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 14 1/8 x 11" (35.9 x 28 cm); sheet: 21 x 15" (53.3 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Love in Suffering (Liebe in Leid)

Love in Suffering (Liebe in Leid)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 14 1/16 x 10 7/8" (35.7 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 21 x 14 15/16" (53.4 x 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sorrow (Frau Sorge)

Sorrow (Frau Sorge)

1924 · Lithograph

composition: 10 3/8 x 14" (26.3 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 20 15/16" (37.9 x 53.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wandering Death

Wandering Death

1923 · lithograph on Japanese paper

sheet: 34.5 × 41 cm (13 9/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Death on the Move

Death on the Move

1923 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 27 × 33.6 cm (10 11/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 41.5 cm (11 11/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Traveling Death (Wandernder Tod)

Traveling Death (Wandernder Tod)

1923 · Lithograph

composition: 10 9/16 x 13 7/16" (26.8 x 34.1 cm); sheet: 16 5/16 x 21 9/16" (41.4 x 54.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Faust: Gretchen

1923 · woodcut

Sheet: 31.4 x 23.2 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.); Image: 19.1 x 14.4 cm (7 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Walk in the Shadow

Walk in the Shadow

1922 · lithograph on handmade paper

National Gallery of Art

Standing Figure with Extinguished Torches

Standing Figure with Extinguished Torches

1922 · charcoal on green-gray paper

overall: 35.2 x 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Executioner

The Executioner

1922 · Lithograph on cream laid paper

70 × 54 cm (27 9/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

157 published of 258 catalogued · 245 with image

MoMA
100 publishedof 201 catalogued198 img
Nga
30 published30 img
Art Institute Chicago
13 published13 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published3 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Faust: Gretchen
1923 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Invisible
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Transformations of God: The Divine Beggar
1921 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hope and Despair II
1931 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Monks Reading (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

9

Movements2

Expressionism Art Nouveau

Collections7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

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