Ernst Barlach
Encounter on the heights (top left)
Reception under a tent (top right)
Mountain forest with the ark (bottom left)
Noah and Calan (bottom right)
Illustrations for the drama “The Sin Flood”
1924
Charcoal drawings
Ernst Barlach Haus – Stiftung Hermann F. Reemtsma, Hamburg
In January 1939, Käthe Kollwitz reported that she had attended a gathering in honor of the deceased and ostracized Ernst Barlach (1870–1938): “The Flood was read. […] It made a huge impression.”
However, she had probably not seen the 1925 production of the play directed by Jürgen Fehling at the Prussian State Theater.