DETAILS
- Artist
- Ernst Barlach
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- bronze
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture
- Germany, 20th century
- Credit line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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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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