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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR73.57
People
Jeanne Mammen, German (Berlin, Germany 1890 - 1976 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Dance Orchestra
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Ball-Orchester
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1930
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222385

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
44.2 x 36.3 cm (17 3/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: u.r. in graphite: J. Mammen
  • inscription: l.l. of mount, graphite, handwritten: No. 32/9
  • inscription: l.l. of mount, graphite, handwritten: Ball Orchester

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jeane Mammen. [Galerie Brocksted, Hamburg]. Robert Paul Mann, Towson, Maryland, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1973

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Merkert A 361

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Robert Paul Mann
Copyright
© Mammen-Gesellschaft e. V. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
BR73.57
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. 53, no ill.
  • Peter Nisbet, ed., German Realist Drawings of the 1920s, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1986), p. 121, cat. no. 81, b/w ill.
  • Jeanne Mammen. Köpfe und Szenen. Berlin 1920-1933, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Emden and Jeanne-Memmen-Gesellschaft (Emden/Berlin, Germany, 1991), p. 171, cat. no. 15, no ill.
  • Louise R. Noun, Three artists of the Weimar Era: Hannah Höch, Käthe Kollwitz, Jeanne Mammen, exh. cat., Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, Iowa, 1994), p. 114, plate 57, col. ill.
  • Jörn Merkert, ed., Jeanne Mammen 1890-1976. Monographie und Werverzeichnis, Wienand Verlag (Cologne, Germany, 1997), p. 269, cat. no. A 361, b/w ill.

Exhibition History

  • Jeanne Mammen - Aquarelle Paris, Brüssel vor 1915, Berlin 20er Jahre, Galerie Brockstedt, 04/01/1971 - 05/01/1971
  • German Realist Drawings of the 1920s, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 05/15/1986 - 07/06/1986; Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 07/06/1986 - 09/28/1986; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 10/25/1986 - 12/28/1986
  • Three Berlin Artists of the Weimar Era: Hannah Hoech, Kaethe Kollwitz, Jeanne Mammen, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, 04/23/1994 - 07/17/1994; Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 09/13/1994 - 11/05/1994

Verification Level

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