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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.192
People
Konrad Klapheck, German (Düsseldorf, Germany 1935 - 2023 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Sketch for "Hero’s Chant"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Zeichnung für "Heldenlied"
Former Title: Sketch for "Hero's Song"
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1975
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222132

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal and red pencil on prepared canvas
Dimensions
224 x 281 cm (88 3/16 x 110 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in oil at u.l.: Klapheck
  • label: on verso at u.r., blue ink on paper: Konrad KLAPHECK // Vorzeichnung zum Ölbild // "Heldenlied" // 1975 // 224 x 281 cm
  • label: on verso, blue ink on paper: Konrad KLAPHECK // Zeichung für "Heldenlied" // Dessin pour "Chant héroïque // 1975

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lufthansa German Airlines
Copyright
© Konrad Klapheck / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.192
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Werner Hofmann, ed., Konrad Klapheck: Retrospective 1955-1985, exh. cat., Prestel Verlag (Munich, 1985), cat. no. 56
  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 99, ill.
  • 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. 35

Exhibition History

  • Konrad Klapheck Retrospektive 1955-1985, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 10/04/1985 - 11/24/1985; Kunsthalle Tübingen, 01/04/1986 - 02/09/1986; Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst München, 02/21/1986 - 04/13/1986
  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/27/2017 - 04/12/2018

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