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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR52.393
People
Lesser Ury, German (Birnbaum, Prussia [now Miedzychod, Poland] 1861 - 1931 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Man with Top Hat Before a Café Window - Rear View
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Herr mit Zylinder vor einem Kaffeehausfenster - in Rückenansicht
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1923
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222501

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on off-white wove paper with gouache additions
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 24.1 x 18 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 36.4 x 26.7 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.l.: L. Ury
  • inscription: l.c., graphite, handwritten, German, signed, in artist's hand: S. Lieber Freunde Arthur Kraft [Very dear friend Arthur Kraft]
    9/11 23 Lesser Ury
  • inscription: u.r., graphite, handwritten: 83

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rosenbach 91

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Arthur Kraft Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F.F. Beer
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
BR52.393
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Berlin: Images of the City, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/08/1982 - 12/31/1982

Verification Level

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