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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.235
People
Günther Uecker, German (Wendorf, Germany 1930 - 2025 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Vertical Structure, Black Rain
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Vertikal zu Horizontal II
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1957
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221266

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
22 x 19.7 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso in graphite at l.r., u.r., and twice at center: Uecker 57

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the Artist through the German Art Dealers Association
Copyright
© Günther Uecker / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.235
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Uecker : Bilder und Zeichnungen, exh. cat., Kunstverein Braunschweig (Braunschweig, Germany, 1979), p. 80, ill. (b/w)
  • Erika Gemar Költzsch, German Marks: Postwar Drawings and Prints Donated to the Busch-Reisinger Museum through the German Art Dealers Association, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), pp. 144-145, cat. no. 93, ill. (b/w)

Exhibition History

  • Aspects of Art in West Germany, 1945-1965, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 08/22/1992 - 10/18/1992
  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/20/2022 - 04/24/2023

Verification Level

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