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Drawing of a woman with her back to the viewer in a plaid walking dress.

In this graphite drawing, a woman is the only element, and she dominates the center of the piece. She is wearing a plaid Victorian walking dress, which comprises of a jacket and skirt, and holds a square purse by the short strap. Her straight hair is pulled into a low bun, and she looks over her right shoulder towards the viewer. Her expression is flat, and her face is in profile in shadow. Her left foot is forward and her right is horizontal to the viewer, indicating that she is turning over that foot to look behind her.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.112
People
Franz Skarbina, German (Berlin 1849 - 1910 Berlin)
Title
Young Woman in Street Costume
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1885
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358747

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
34.3 × 24.8 cm (13 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right: F. Sk 85
  • collector's mark: verso, center, black ink: F. Skarbina NACHLASS [Lugt 2289]
  • inscription: verso, top, graphite: Käthe!

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Franz Skarbina Nachlass (Lugt 2289). Sold [through Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, December 8, 1987, lot 5107]; to [Galerie Siegfried Billesberger, Moosinning, Germany], sold [through Villa Grisebach, Berlin, Nov. 23, 2011]; to [Dr. Moeller & Cie, Hamburg], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.112
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Auktion 50, auct. cat., Galerie Gerda Bassenge (Berlin, December 8, 1987), p. 257, lot no. 5107, repr.
  • Margrit Bröhan, Franz Skarbina, exh. cat., Ars Nicolai (Berlin, 1995), under cat. no. 45, p. 122, repr.
  • Franz Skarbina, 1849-1910. Natur und Pose: Ein Künstler zwischen Realismus und Poesie, auct. cat., Moeller Fine Art (Hamburg, 2016), n.p., repr. abb. 8
  • Austeja Mackelaite, "A Crash Course in Museum Collecting", Harvard Art Museums ([e-journal], September 26, 2017), repr., https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-crash-course-in-museum-collecting, accessed October 19, 2017

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/22/2018 - 04/25/2019

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