Standing Cow | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1987.76
People: Ewald Mataré, German (Aachen, Germany 1887 - 1965 Büderich, near Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title: Standing Cow
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Stehende Kuh "Kuh im Wind'
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: c. 1924
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/217382

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze with brown patina on flat base
Dimensions: 18.2 x 33.5 x 5.5 cm (7 3/16 x 13 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Nierendorf, NY], sold; (possibly through estate) 1948; to Fredric Wertham, by descent to his wife Hesketh, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Schilling 15a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh
Accession Year: 1987
Object Number: 1987.76
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Publication History

Sabine Maja Schilling, Ewald Mataré, das plastische Werk: Werkverzeichnis, Wienand Verlag (Cologne, 1987), no. 15a

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1987.76: Standing Cow