1992.91.6: The Hill: Ephrata-Wing, from the portfolio "From the Hill Country"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1992.91.6

People

Gerhard Altenbourg, German (Rödlichen-Schnepfenthal, Germany 1926 - 1989 Meissen, Germany)

Title

The Hill: Ephrata-Wing, from the portfolio "From the Hill Country"

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: From the Hill Country
Original Language Title: Der Hügel: Ephrata=Flügel, aus "Aus dem Hügelgau"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1988

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/213210

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Drypoint printed in brown ink on off-white wove paper

Technique

Drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 10.5 x 19.8 cm (4 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
sheet: 39 x 53.5 cm (15 3/8 x 21 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in gray ink at l.c.: Altenbourg; initialled in gray ink at l.c.: GA
• inscription: l.l., gray ink, German, in artist's hand: Der Hügel: Ephrata=Flügel
• blind stamp: l.c.
• inscription: l.c., gray ink, in artist's hand: 1988
• inscription: l.c., gray ink, in artist's hand: 10/12

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

1992.91.6

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

portfolio dated 1989

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  Object Number
  1992.91
  Artist

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  Title

  From the Hill Country

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