BR82.5: Ship of Fools
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR82.5
- People
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Oskar Laske, Austrian (Czernowitz, now Chernivtsi, Ukraine 1874 - 1951 Vienna, Austria)
- Title
- Ship of Fools
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Narrenschiff
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1949
- Culture
- Austrian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/222163
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 136 x 108.2 cm (53 9/16 x 42 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: on recto at l.r.: O. Laske
- inscription: recto, l.l., in artist's hand: Narrenschiff [Ship of Fools]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Galerie St. Etienne], sold; to Mr. and Mrs. John Steiner, 1966, gift; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1982
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Steiner
- Accession Year
- 1982
- Object Number
- BR82.5
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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