Amazon, early or mid-20th century

  • Richard Barth
  • Gerhard Marcks, German, 1889-1981

Bronze

  • 25 3/4 x 8 x 6 1/2 inches (65.4 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm.)

Bequest of John S. Newberry

65.262

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

Signed with monogram on base behind left foot (see Registrar's file for reproduction of monogram).

On back right of base: Rich. Barth Bln Mariendorf/V.

John S. Newberry Jr. (Romeo, Michigan, USA)

1965-present, bequeathed to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

DIA, ORIGINS OF MODERN SCULPTURE, 1946, p 10. DIA, THE JOHN S. NEWBERRY COLLECTION, Oct 13-Nov 14, 1965, p 61 (ill). Gallery Rudolf Hoffman, Hamburg, GERHARD MARCKS, 1951, p 19. Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, GERHARD MARCKS, 1951, no 24. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, GERHARD MARCKS, 1953, no 42. Arts Council, London, GERHARD MARCKS, 1954, no 13. Gallery Gunther Franke, Munich, GERHARD MARCKS, 1956, no 24. Museum of Modern Art, New York, PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 1958, p 40. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, GERHARD MARCKS, 1964, no 26.

Gerhard Marcks; Richard Barth, Amazon, early or mid-20th century, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of John S. Newberry, 65.262.