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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR53.60
People
Lovis Corinth, German (Tapiau, East Prussia [now Gvardeysk, Russia] 1858 - 1925 Zandvoort, The Netherlands)
Title
Salomé
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1899
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310522

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.2 x 83.5 cm (30 x 32 7/8 in.)
frame: 90.6 x 97.8 x 4.2 cm (35 11/16 x 38 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paul Cassirer, Hamburg]. Frau A. Endell, Berlin. Hans H. A. Meyn, New York, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1953.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Hans H. A. Meyn
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
BR53.60
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 41, repr.
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 70, ill.
  • Robert Rosenblum and MaryAnne Stevens, 1900: Art at the Crossroads, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 2000)
  • 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. 192
  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 175, ill.

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
  • 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
  • 1900: Art at the Crossroads, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/15/2000 - 04/03/2000; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 05/18/2000 - 08/21/2000
  • Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 10/22/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights
  • Google Art Project

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