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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR53.92
People
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Title
Two Riders against a Red Background
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Zwei Reiter vor Rot
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print series
Date
1911
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223723

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in colored inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 24.4 x 24.2 cm (9 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
block, top edge of image: 10.5 x 15.7 cm (4 1/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: monogram at l.l.: K

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
I
Standard Reference Number
Roethel 95

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
BR53.92
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Artists of the Blaue Reiter: Exhibition of Painting and Graphic Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 01/21/1955 - 02/24/1955
  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981
  • From the Realists to the Expressionists: Works on Paper by Central European Artists from 1870 to 1918, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1983 - 04/29/1983
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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