About the Artwork
Amazon
early or mid-20th century
Gerhard Marcks (Artist) German, 1889-1981 Richard Barth (Foundry)
Bronze
25 3/4 x 8 x 6 1/2 inches (65.4 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm.)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Bequest of John S. Newberry
65.262
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Markings
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.
Provenance
John S. Newberry Jr. (Romeo, Michigan, USA)
1965-present, bequeathed to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Gerhard Marcks; Richard Barth, Amazon, early or mid-20th century, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of John S. Newberry, 65.262.
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