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Ernst Barlach — Hope and Despair II
Ernst Barlach

Hope and Despair II

1931

Barlach's powerful lithograph employs bold, expressionistic forms to explore the psychological tension between opposing emotional states.

Medium
lithograph

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Ernst Barlach, Hope and Despair II, 1931

Barlach's powerful lithograph employs bold, expressionistic forms to explore the psychological tension between opposing emotional states.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1931
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Printmaking, Early 20th Century, Human Condition, Figurative Art, Emotional Duality, Symbolic Art, German Expressionism, Lithograph

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