1991.184: The Darkness of Power
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1991.184
- People
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A. R. Penck, German (Dresden, Germany 1939 - 2017 Zurich, Switzerland)
- Title
- The Darkness of Power
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Die Dunkelheit der Macht
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1985
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/221321
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut printed in black ink on white wove paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
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block: 60.2 x 90.2 cm (23 11/16 x 35 1/2 in.)
sheet: 75.6 x 106.4 cm (29 3/4 x 41 7/8 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: in graphite at l.r: ar penck
- inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 19/100 Die Dunkelheit der Macht
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Federal Republic of Germany, presented by Barthold C. Witte on the occasion of the opening of the Busch-Reisinger Museum in Werner Otto Hall, 28 September 1991
- Accession Year
- 1991
- Object Number
- 1991.184
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 33
Verification Level
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