The Angry Finsteraarhorn | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.290.4
People: Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title: The Angry Finsteraarhorn
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Original Language Title: Finsteraarhorn, das Böse
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print, postcard
Date: c. 1897
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/117303

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photomechanical print in colored inks on white wove paper

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

13.7 x 9 cm (5 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, ink, handwritten: Mrs. H. Raster / 391 Jackson Boulevard. / Chicago, Ill. / U. S. of America
stamp: verso, u.r., ink, postmark: Deutsch-Amerikanische Seepost / Bremen- / New York / 28 7. 97 / [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor, gift.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in honor of James Cuno on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Busch-Reisinger Museum
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.290.4
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004

Verification Level

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