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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.217
People
Georg Baselitz, German (Deutschbaselitz, Germany 1938 -)
Title
Birch Trees
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Birken
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1971
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219653

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 36.3 x 49.6 cm (14 5/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
sheet: 53 x 76.5 cm (20 7/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.l.: G. Baselitz 71
  • inscription: l.l. of platemark, graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: 1. Probedruck I Zustand / Ende 71 (1st Trail proof I State / End of 71)
  • inscription: in plate, in artist's hand: G Baselitz 71 [in reverse]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Jahn 100.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Copyright
© Georg Baselitz
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
1993.217
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Fred Jahn, Baselitz: Peintre-gravure. Vol. 1, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, 1963-74, Gachnang & Springer (Bern, 1983), p. 135, cat. no. 100

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