ERNST BARLACH (1870-1938)

ERNST BARLACH (1870-1938)
Schwangeres Mädchen
signed and dated 'E. Barlach 1924' (on top of the base)
carved wood
Height: 34 ¼ in. (87 cm.)
Carved in 1924; this work is unique

Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 17 April 1924.
Hermann Lange, Krefeld, by whom acquired from the above on 20 May 1926.
Buchholz Gallery (on commission with Curt Valentin), New York, by August 1937, confiscated as ‘enemy assets’ by the US authorities under vesting order no. 3711, on 29 May 1944; sale, Alien Property Custodian, New York, 8 December 1944, lot 5.
Karl Nathan, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Private Collection, United States, by descent from the above.
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, as agent for the above.
Galerie Alfred Gunzenhauser, Munich, by whom acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owners on 7 June 1983.