About the Artwork
Boy with Shirt
1945
Gerhard Marcks (Artist) German, 1889-1981 Richard Barth (Foundry)
Bronze
19 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 7 inches (50.5 x 13.0 x 17.8 cm.)
Sculpture
European Modern Art to 1970
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.220
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed with monogram on back of base (see Registrar's file for reproduction of monogram).
Stamped on back of base: Rick. Barth Bln/Mariendorf.
Provenance
Until 1937, Graphisches Kabinett Guenther Franke, (Munich, Germany)
1937, purchased by Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)
1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The Robert Hudson Tannahill Bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1970, pp. 121, 130, 145 (ill.).
DIA Statewide Services Traveling Exhibition, GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST SCULPTURE FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, May 27, 1986 - Mar 1, 1987.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Gerhard Marcks; Richard Barth, Boy with Shirt, 1945, Bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.220.
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