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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.190
People
Josef Albers, American (Bottrop, Germany 1888 - 1976 New Haven, Conn.)
Title
Black Circle (Schwarzer Kreis)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1933
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/333588

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut on off white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 35.6 x 50.2 cm (14 x 19 3/4 in.)
image: 25.9 x 35.6 cm (10 3/16 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r of image in pencil: Schwarzer Kries
  • inscription: l.l of image in pencil: Albers

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Josef Albers to Elsa Schmid Neumann. Bequested to Peter Neumann. Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Edition of 20
Standard Reference Number
Danilowitz 59

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. and Elizabeth S. Neumann
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.190
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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