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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.91.5
People
Gerhard Altenbourg, German (Rödlichen-Schnepfenthal, Germany 1926 - 1989 Meissen, Germany)
Title
The Hours Assuaged, from the portfolio "From the Hill Country"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: From the Hill Country
Original Language Title: Die Stunden gestillt, aus "Aus dem Hügelgau"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1988
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213138

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 20 x 24.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 39 x 53.5 cm (15 3/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in gray ink at l.r.: Altenbourg; initialled in gray ink at l.r.: GA
  • inscription: l.l., gray ink, German, in artist's hand: Die Stunden gestillt
  • inscription: l.r., gray ink, in artist's hand: 1988
  • inscription: l.r., gray ink, in artist's hand: 10/12
  • blind stamp: l.r.
  • watermark: l.l.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Galerie Brusberg through the German Art Dealers Association
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.91.5
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
portfolio dated 1989

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