Harvard Art Museums > BR55.79: Two Horses (Postcard to Franz Marc) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Two Horses (Postcard to Franz Marc) (Heinrich Campendonk) , BR55.79,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/223777. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR55.79 People Heinrich Campendonk, German (Krefeld, Germany 1889 - 1957 Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Title Two Horses (Postcard to Franz Marc) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1914 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/223777 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite on cream card Dimensions 8.9 x 14 cm Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on verso in brown ink at l.l.: Campendonk inscription: verso, brown ink, German, in artist's hand: Postkarte/Herrn/Frz. Marc/Ried/Post Benediktbeuren/OB Bayern / Lieber Herr Marc: / Herzl. Dank für die Besorgung der Spargel. Freitag sind wir in München. Herzl. Grüsse von Haus zu Haus Ihr ("Dear Mr. Marc: / Many thanks for getting the asparagus. We'll be in Munich on Friday. Warm wishes from house to house Yours Campendonk") [Campendonkin old Suetterlin alphabet] stamp: verso, u.r., black ink, German: postage stamp cancelled: SINDELSDORF 20 Mai 5-6 Nm. 14 20 ["May 5-6 pm 14" (=1914) ] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, G. David Thompson Fund Accession Year 1955 Object Number BR55.79 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Bavarian postage stamp adhered on verso at upper right, cancelled Publication History Andrea Firmenich, Heinrich Campendonk, 1889-1957. Mit Werkkatalog des malerischen Oeuvres (Recklinghausen, 1989), cat. no. 500 James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 27, repr. (recto and verso) Exhibition History Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980 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 Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
