Ernst BarlachGerman, 1870–1938Hope and Despair II
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Where is “Hope and Despair II” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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About the work
In both his sculpture and prints, Barlach expressed the suffering and anguish of World War I (1914-18) and the difficult years that followed. The artist, whose work depicts ordinary workers, wrote: "Truly, not beauty and loveliness is our strength, our power, but rather the opposite, ugliness, daemonic passion and the grotesque genius of greatness..."
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Accession number
- 1953.344
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- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
