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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR60.32
People
Walter Bodmer, Swiss (Basel, Switzerland 1903 - 1973 Basel, Switzerland)
Title
Red Metal Relief on White
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Rotes Metallrelief auf Weiss
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1958
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223251

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Iron and tin on plywood, oil
Dimensions
71 x 90 cm (27 15/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
framed: 73 x 92.5 x 8 cm (28 3/4 x 36 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artists, [Galerie d'Art Modern, Basel] sold; to Private Collection, 1959, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1960

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
BR60.32
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • M. DuMont Schauberg, II. documenta '59. Kunst nach 1945 internationale Ausstellung, exh. cat., ed. Hessisches Landesmuseum (Cologne, Germany, 1959), p. 106, b/w ill.

Exhibition History

  • II. documenta '59. Kunst nach 1945 internationale Ausstellung, Hessisches Landesmuseum, 07/11/1959 - 10/11/1959
  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986

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