An abstract bronze sculpture of Alfred Flechtheim
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The sculpture shows an abstract portrait of Alfred Flechtheim. The only facial features included are the eyes, brows, nose and mouth. The sculpture is on a round base which rises to an elongated oval with blunted ends. The center has a rounded point at the bottom, it widens out and then narrows at it nears the top with a bulge at the top before continuing in a straight rounded length to the top. The top is wide and gently arched with lines following the length from end to end. Appended to either end are round discs attached at an angle.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR31.75
People
Rudolf Belling, German (Berlin, Germany 1886 - 1972 Krailling, Germany)
Title
Portrait of Alfred Flechtheim
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1927
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225858

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1310, Modern and Contemporary Art, Surrealism
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
sight: 19.1 x 10.6 x 10.4 cm (7 1/2 x 4 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Alfred Flechtheim
Copyright
© Rudolf Belling / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
BR31.75
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, p. 45, fig. 32, ill. (b/w)
  • 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. 111

Exhibition History

  • 19th- and 20th-Century Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/11/1980 - 08/31/1980
  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • 19th- and 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/08/1982
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/18/2019 - 01/01/2050

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