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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR66.59
People
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Title
Shawm, from the portfolio "Xylographies"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Xylographies
Original Language Title: Les Bouleaux; Schalmei
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1909
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222611

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Line block printed in black ink on cream wove paper
Technique
Line block
Dimensions
15.6 x 20 cm (6 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Roethel 54

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Selma H. Sobin
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
BR66.59
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
line block ("heliogravure")

Exhibition History

  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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