Harvard Art Museums > 1991.184: The Darkness of Power Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Darkness of Power (A. R. Penck) , 1991.184,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/221321. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1991.184 People A. R. Penck, German (Dresden, Germany 1939 - 2017 Zurich, Switzerland) Title The Darkness of Power Other Titles Original Language Title: Die Dunkelheit der Macht Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1985 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/221321 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on white wove paper Technique Woodcut Dimensions block: 60.2 x 90.2 cm (23 11/16 x 35 1/2 in.) sheet: 75.6 x 106.4 cm (29 3/4 x 41 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in graphite at l.r: ar penck inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 19/100 Die Dunkelheit der Macht Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Federal Republic of Germany, presented by Barthold C. Witte on the occasion of the opening of the Busch-Reisinger Museum in Werner Otto Hall, 28 September 1991 Accession Year 1991 Object Number 1991.184 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@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. 33 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 Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
