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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR74.17
People
Kurt Schwitters, German (Hanover, Germany 1887 - 1948 Kendal, England)
Title
Composition with Profile, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Komposition mit Kopf im Profil, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik III: Deutsche Künstler"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1921
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222143

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink on tan wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 38.6 x 28.1 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: K. Schwitters
  • blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Wingler III/11

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
BR74.17
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 393, p. 328, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Prints in Weimar Germany: 1918-1933, Block Gallery, Evanston, 01/06/1994 - 03/13/1994; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 04/08/1994 - 07/26/1994; University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 09/09/1994 - 10/16/1994

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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