Grazing Horse, early 20th century

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

Bronze

  • Overall: 10 1/8 × 13 × 4 15/16 inches, 11.2 pounds (25.7 × 33 × 12.5 cm, 5.1 kg)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.222

Signed on bottom of right front hoof with monogram (see Registrar's file for reproduction of monogram).

Stamped on the bottom of left rear hoof: Guss Rich. Barth Bln. Mariendorf.

(Buchholz Gallery, New York, New York)

June 1939, purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequeathed to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Valentiner, W. R., ORIGINS OF MODERN SCULPTURE, 1946, p 19, no 45 (ill). The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, pp. 121, 132, 146 (ill.).

Gerhard Marcks; Richard Barth, Grazing Horse, early 20th century, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.222.