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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR82.5
People
Oskar Laske, Austrian (Czernowitz, now Chernivtsi, Ukraine 1874 - 1951 Vienna, Austria)
Title
Ship of Fools
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Narrenschiff
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1949
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222163

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
136 x 108.2 cm (53 9/16 x 42 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on recto at l.r.: O. Laske
  • inscription: recto, l.l., in artist's hand: Narrenschiff [Ship of Fools]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galerie St. Etienne], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. John Steiner, 1966, gift; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Steiner
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
BR82.5
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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