Hope and Despair II / Ernst Barlach

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Accession Number: 1957/2.22
Title: Hope and Despair II
Artist: Ernst Barlach
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Life Dates: 1870-1938
Medium and Support: lithograph on paper
Object Creation Date: 1931
Object Creation Place: Europe (continent); Germany (nation)
Creation Place 1: Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2: Germany (nation)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Inscription: Signed in pencil, l.r.: E Barlach Stamped on verso: Jahresgabe des Kunstvereins in Hamburg Watermark: Holland VGZ; (c) Ernst and Hans Barlach GbR Lizenzverwaltung, Ratzeburg
Dimensions: 45.1 cm x 59.4 cm (17 3/4 in. x 23 3/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Print
Primary Object Type: transfer lithograph
Primary Keywords: allegory; kneeling; seated
Secondary Keywords: figures; genres; modern and contemporary art; people and occupations
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1339 x 937
File Size: 180 KB
Record: 1957/2.22
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1957-sl-2.22/1957_2.22.jpg

In public portfolios: All artists in the degenerate art show (313); Deutsch 232.002 (13); Expressionism - independent artists (35); Perlove - object study (13); Shelley Perlove Art and Nazis1 (27)

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Full citation: "Hope and Despair II; Ernst Barlach." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1957-sl-2.22/1957_2.22.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.