The Acrobats, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio IV: Italian and Russian Artists"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR74.23
People: Carlo Carrà, Italian (Quargnento, Piedmont, Italy 1881 - 1966 Rome, Italy)
Title: The Acrobats, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio IV: Italian and Russian Artists"
Other Titles: Original Language Title: I Saltimbanchi, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik, 4. Mappe: italienische und russische Künstler"
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1922
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/222108

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in black ink on tan wove paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 38 x 27.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in stone at l.r.: C. Carra 1922; in black ink at l.c.: Carlo Carra (underlined)
blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
inscription: l.l., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: "I Saltimbanchi"

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Wingler IV/3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year: 1974
Object Number: BR74.23
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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