Ruebezahl II | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR58.159
People: Alfred Kubin, Austrian (Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria 1877 - 1959 Zwickledt, near Wernstein am Inn, Austria)
Title: Ruebezahl II
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1944
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/223296

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

46.7 x 36 cm (18 3/8 x 14 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r., graphite: Kubin
inscription: l.l.: Ruebezahl

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Hoberg 155

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Copyright: © Alfred Kubin Stiftung / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 1958
Object Number: BR58.159
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Ruebezahl is the mountain spirit of the Sudetes Mountains, which stretch from eastern Germany along the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. He is the subject of many German, Czech, and Polish legends and fairy tales.

Publication History

Annegret Hoberg, Alfred Kubin, das lithographische Werk, Hirmer (Munich, 1999), p. 234, cat. no. 155, b/w ill.

Verification Level

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BR58.159: Ruebezahl II