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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR73.51
People
Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title
Bremen Town Musicians
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1951
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222384

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
198.12 cm (78 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sarah Reed Platt, inherited; by Julia B. Curtis, Katharine B. Winter and Sarah B. Dunbar, 1972, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1973

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rudloff 572

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Julia B. Curtis, Katharine B. Winter and Sarah B. Dunbar in memory of their mother, Sarah Reed Platt
Copyright
© Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
BR73.51
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The collection of Sarah Reed Blodgett of Portland, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, 1965), no p., cat. no. 50, b/w ill.
  • Günter Busch, Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Propyläen Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 1977), p. 362, cat. no. 572, b/w ill.

Exhibition History

  • The collection of Sarah Reed Blodgett of Portland, Portland Art Museum
  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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