Harvard Art Museums > 2022.371: Child from the Old Town Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Child from the Old Town (Ernst Thoms) , 2022.371,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/377998. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2022.371 People Ernst Thoms, German (Nienburg, Germany 1896 - 1983 Wietzen, Germany) Title Child from the Old Town Other Titles Original Language Title: Altstadtkind Alternate Title: Portrait of a Girl Alternate Title: Mädchenportrait Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1925 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/377998 Location Location Level 1, Room 1500, Modern and Contemporary Art, Art in Germany Between the Wars View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 50.5 × 40.5 cm (19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r., in brown paint: Thoms Provenance Recorded Ownership History Artist's collection (1925-1970s). Westdeutsche Kunstmesse Köln-Düsseldorf*. Private Collection, Hanover, 2018, sold; to Galerie Derda, Berlin, sold; to Private Collection, Berlin. [Lehr Kunstauktionen Berlin (April 30, 2022), Lot 403]; The Merrill C. Berman Collection, New York, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2022. *per label fragment on the stretcher Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Merrill C. Berman and Dalia S. Berman Accession Year 2022 Object Number 2022.371 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. Publication History Georg Grabenhorst, Ernst Thoms, Musterschmidt Verlag (Gottingen, Berlin, Frankfurt, Zurich, 1965), p. 14 Heinrich-Detlev Gadesmann, "Beschreibender Werkkatalog der Ölbilder von Ernst Thoms" (1981), Universität Hamburg, pp. 75, cat. no. 30, ill. (b/w) Karin Stempel, Ernst Thoms: ein Hannoveraner Maler der Neuen Sachlichkeit: Ausstellung im Augusteum vom 28. April bis 6. Juni 1982, exh. cat., Verlag Isensee and Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg (Oldenburg, Germany, 1982), pp. 46-47, ill. (b/w) Exhibition History Ernst Thoms ein Hannoveraner Maler der Neuen Sachlichkeit, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, 04/28/1982 - 06/06/1982 32Q: 1500 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Expressionism-Interwar), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/28/2024 - 01/01/2050 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 03/28/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/13/2023 - 10/10/2023; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/10/2023 - 03/28/2024 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
