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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR73.62
People
Jeanne Mammen, German (Berlin, Germany 1890 - 1976 Berlin, Germany)
Title
At the Cradle
Other Titles
Original Language Title: An der Wiege
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1931
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222041

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper mounted to off-white card
Dimensions
45.9 x 34.5 cm (18 1/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
sheet: 61 x 48.1 cm (24 x 18 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: J. Mammen
  • inscription: at l.l. of mount, graphite, handwritten, German: An der Wiege [written twice]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Merkert A 414

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ruppert
Copyright
© Mammen-Gesellschaft e. V. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
BR73.62
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jeanne Mammen. Aquarelle. Paris, Brüssel vor 1915. Berlin 20er Jahre, exh. cat., Galerie Brockstedt (Hamburg, Germany, 1971), cat. no. 80, no ill.
  • Jeanne Mammen. Köpfe und Szenen. Berlin 1920-1933, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Emden and Jeanne-Memmen-Gesellschaft (Emden/Berlin, Germany, 1991), p. 145, cat. no. 64, b/w ill.
  • Jörn Merkert, ed., Jeanne Mammen 1890-1976. Monographie und Werverzeichnis, Wienand Verlag (Cologne, Germany, 1997), p. 275, cat. no. A 414, b/w ill.
  • Annelie Lügtens, ed., Jeanne Mammen: The Observer (Retrospective 1910-1975), exh. cat., Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur and Hirmer Verlag (Berlin and Munich, 2017), pp. 51, 55, 245, cat. #101, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Jeanne Mammen - Aquarelle Paris, Brüssel vor 1915, Berlin 20er Jahre, Galerie Brockstedt, 04/01/1971 - 05/01/1971
  • "Jeanne Mammen" (correct title unknown), Harvard Club of Boston (Downtown), 04/01/1986 - 05/01/1986
  • Jeanne Mammen. Köpfe und Szenen. Berlin 1920-1933, Kunsthalle Emden, 04/28/1991 - 06/23/1991; Museum Morsbroich, 07/06/1991 - 08/18/1991; Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Hannover, 09/01/1991 - 10/20/1991
  • Jeanne Mammen. The Retrospective, Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin, 10/06/2017 - 01/15/2018

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