Kussgruppe I. 1921.
Bronze with red-brown patina.
Laur 322. Schult 25. With the name and the foundry mark "H. Noack Berlin" on the side. From an edition of 20 copies, some released posthumously. 17.5 x 17 x 9.5 cm (6.8 x 6.6 x 3.7 in).
Cast by art foundry Hermann Noack, Berlin. [SM].

• Wonderful example of Ernst Barlach's block-like figure groups.
• The plaster model for "Kussgruppe I" is part of the collection of the Ernst Barlach Stiftung, Güstrow.
• Other copies of this bronze are at, among others, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Israel Museum, Jersusalem, and the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin.

EXHIBITION: Bronzen von Ernst Barlach, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin/Düsseldorf, Nov./Dec. 1930, cat. no. 11 (different copy).
Plastiken, Handzeichnungen und Autographen, Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg, 1977, cat. no. 41 (different copy).

LITERATURE: Lempertz, Cologne, August 2, 2010, 962nd auction, lot 365.

In good condition. Minimally rubbed in places. Dimples minimally soiled.