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Gallery Talk: Disability and Empathy in Heinrich Hoerle’s The Cripple Portfolio

This print shows a man with bird-like features enveloped by a swirling landscape.
Heinrich Hoerle, German, Help the Cripple, 1920. Lithograph. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Claudia Oetker, 2023.164.1.

Gallery Talk

In-Person
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, Enter at Broadway for evening programs

This event requires registration; see further details below.

Join curatorial fellow Peter Murphy to discuss Heinrich Hoerle’s The Cripple Portfolio, a pivotal print series that depicts World War I veterans living with physical and cognitive disabilities.

This gallery talk is part of our New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites.

Led by:
Peter Murphy, Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people and registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning at 10am the day of the talk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

The Harvard Art Museums are now offering free admission every day, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums.

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.