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Object Number

BR61.44

People

Carl Buchheister, German (Hanover, Germany 1890 - 1964 Hanover, Germany)

Title

Composition with Dot Theme

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Komposition mit Punktthema
Former Title: Composition

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1952

Culture

German

Medium

Alkyd and modified oil paint on machine-made laid paper

Dimensions

35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on verso, in graphite: Carl Buchheister
• inscription: on verso, in graphite: für Axel Dorner// zum 60. Geburtstag 19. Jan. 1953
• inscription: on verso, in graphite: Carl Buchheister Hannover// Komposition mit Punktthema 1952
• inscription: on verso, in graphite: oben

Standard Reference Number

Kemp 1952/31

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner in memory of Dr. Alexander Dorner

Accession Year

1961

Object Number

BR61.44

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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Willi Kemp, ed., Carl Buchheister. Werkverzeichnis der abstrakten Arbeiten, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König (Cologne, Germany, 1998), p. 258, cat. no. 31

Lynette Roth and Ilka Voermann, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 326-328, cat. no. 44.1, ill. (color)

Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/09/2018 - 06/03/2018

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