BR52.391: Head of a Peasant
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR52.391
- People
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Lesser Ury, German (Birnbaum, Prussia [now Miedzychod, Poland] 1861 - 1931 Berlin, Germany)
- Title
- Head of a Peasant
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1882-1883
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/223626
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Charcoal on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- irregular: 54.3 x 41 cm (21 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: signed at l.r.: L Ury
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Arthur Kraft Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F.F. Beer
- Accession Year
- 1952
- Object Number
- BR52.391
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- 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. 199
Exhibition History
- Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004
- Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/12/2025 - 01/18/2026
Verification Level
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