German (Dresden, Germany 1876 - 1907 Worpswede, Germany)
Birch Tree in a Landscape, 1899
Original Language Title: Zweistämmige Birke vor Landschaft
Painting
German
, 19th century
Oil on composite board
55.4 x 42.1 cm (21 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
framed: 64.6 x 51.4 x 3 cm (25 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
framed: 64.6 x 51.4 x 3 cm (25 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Wilhelm Winterstein through the Acquisitions Committee of the Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum in honor of James Cuno on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Museum
, 2003.4
Busch-Reisinger Museum
, Marks
inscription: recto, l.l., graphite: 1899
inscription: verso, u.r., beneath backing board, graphite, German: Paula Modersohn-Becker / bestätigt / Otto Modersohn
label: verso, l.r., ink, handwritten: 31 [above horizontal line] /49090 [below horizontal line]
Provenance
Private collection, Bremen, 1930s. [Neumeisters Moderne, Munich, 16 May 2002, lot 636], sold. Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2003.
Footnotes: Neumeisters Moderne (May 16, 2002) catalogue, lot 636, repr. col. p. 149.
Footnotes: Neumeisters Moderne (May 16, 2002) catalogue, lot 636, repr. col. p. 149.
Bibliography
Günter Busch, Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde im Auftrag der Paula Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung, Hirmer Verlag (Munich, Germany, 1998), #30, repr. p. 41
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. 188
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. 188
Exhibition History
Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004
Re-View: S118 European & American Art since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/13/2008 - 04/09/2011