SculptureGerman20th century
Head of a Thinker
1918, cast 1925-1926
Artists
Wilhelm LehmbruckArtist
Dimensions
62.2 × 58.4 × 30.5 cm (24 1/2 × 23 × 12 in.)
Provenance
Anita Lehmbruck, commissioned 1925-1926; Kunstmuseum Duisburg (1927-1937); removed from the collection by the National Socialist (Nazi) authorities, 1937, sold; to Karl Buchholz, 1939; [Buchholz Gallery, New York], sold; to Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge (1940-2021), bequest; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2021.
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