Der Blaue Reiter | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR55.11
People: Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Co-edited by Franz Marc, German (Munich, Germany 1880 - 1916 Verdun, France)
Title: Der Blaue Reiter
Other Titles: Alternate Title: The Blue Rider [Almanac]
Classification: Prints
Work Type: book
Date: 1914
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Munich
Period: Modern
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/223393

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black and colored inks on off-white wove paper; clothbound
Technique: Letterpress
Dimensions: 29.6 x 22.7 x 1.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 15/16 x 9/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: second

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year: 1955
Object Number: BR55.11
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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BR55.11: Der Blaue Reiter