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A drawing in light graphite of a seated boy.

A young boy is shown from the torso up, apparently seated although his lap and the chair are not shown, but only indicated by his posture. Rendered in light quick graphite lines the boy has close-cropped hair, a thin face and a thoughtful expression. His eyes look off to the left, and that side of his face is somewhat in shadow. He wears a slightly too small coat over an open collar. He holds his hands in front of him, partly on his lap, but apparently ready to lift them.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.612
People
Rudolf Schlichter, German (Calw, Germany 1890 - 1955 Munich, Germany)
Title
Peasant Boy
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bauernjunge
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1925
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222230

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
59.1 x 45.9 cm (23 1/4 x 18 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: R. Schlichter
  • estate stamp: verso, l. l.: Nachlass R. Schlichter c 23
  • inscription: l.c., graphite, German, in artist's hand: Bauernjunge

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich]. Sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1984.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of a group of friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum in honor of Charles W. Haxthausen
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.612
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet, ed., German Realist Drawings of the 1920s, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1986), p. 140, cat. no. 103, b/w. ill.
  • 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. 151

Exhibition History

  • German Realist Drawings of the 1920s, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 05/15/1986 - 07/06/1986; Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/1986 - 09/28/1986; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 10/25/1986 - 12/28/1986
  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/15/2018 - 08/05/2019

Verification Level

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