Harvard Art Museums > 2003.132: Amazon Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Amazon (Franz von Stuck) , 2003.132,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/4995. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text As both a founder of the Munich Secession and an influential teacher at the city’s Royal Academy (where his students included Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky), Franz von Stuck was a central figure in Munich’s art world at the turn of the twentieth century. His modern interpretation of the antique in works such as this sculpture and painting brought him particular success. Wounded Amazon (2002.96) depicts a battle between Amazons and centaurs; the particular subject is not found in classical mythology but is of the artist’s own invention. Though he was clearly influenced by the antiquities in Munich’s Glyptothek museum, Stuck based the painting on photographic studies of a model posed in his studio. Ever since he had featured the goddess Athena on the poster for the first Munich Secession exhibition in 1893, classical female warriors had appeared in his work as symbols of the new art. There are two other versions of this painting, and the artist eventually produced three life-sized versions of the sculpture (2003.132). One was installed outside Villa Stuck, the home he had designed for himself in Munich. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.132 People Franz von Stuck, German (Tettenweis, near Passau, Germany 1863 - 1928 Munich, Germany) Title Amazon Other Titles Original Language Title: Amazone Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1897 (cast after 1905) Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/4995 Location Location Level 1, Room 1440, Modern and Contemporary Art, Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze Dimensions 64.2 x 46.4 x 17.3 cm (25 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 6 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks foundry mark: l.l. of base: GUSS C. LEYRER MÜNCHEN stamp: u.c. of base: FRANZ VON STUCK Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY], sold; to Theodore E. Stebbins Jr (1982-2003), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.132 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 194 Exhibition History Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004 Making Myth Modern: Primordial Themes in German 20th-Century Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 07/14/2007 - 12/30/2007 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
