DETAILS
- Artist
- Ernst Barlach
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- lithograph
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Prints
- Culture
- Germany, 20th century
- Credit line
- Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of William J. Eastman
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THE ARTIST
Ernst Barlach
Ernst Barlach, a German Expressionist sculptor, dramatically shifted from war supporter to staunch pacifist after serving in World War I, creating powerful anti-war works like "Death on the Move."
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