BR74.25: Orestes and Pylades, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio IV: Italian and Russian Artists"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR74.25

People

Giorgio de Chirico, Italian (Volos, Greece 1888 - 1978 Rome, Italy)

Title

Orestes and Pylades, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio IV: Italian and Russian Artists"

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Oreste e Pilades, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik, 4. Mappe: italienische und russische Künstler"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1921

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222074

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in black ink on tan wove paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

stone: 31.6 x 24.3 cm (12 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
sheet: 38.6 x 28.4 cm (15 3/16 x 11 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in black ink at l.r. and in stone at l.r.: G. de Chirico
• blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
• inscription: in stone, l.r., in artist's hand: 921 / Oreste e Pilade

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Wingler IV/5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius

Copyright

© Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE), Rome

Accession Year

1974

Object Number

BR74.25

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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