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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR65.145
People
Ernst Barlach, German (Wedel, Germany 1870 - 1938 Rostock, Germany)
Title
Dance of Death II, from the portfolio "The Transformations of God"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Totentanz II, aus "Die Wandlungen Gottes"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1921
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222681

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black in on off-white Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 32.5 x 45 cm (12 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: EBarlach
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, handwritten: 21
  • inscription: on verso at l.r., graphite, handwritten: Naomi Jackson / Hamilton Canada
  • inscription: on verso at l.r., graphite, handwritten: 1 x 4)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Schult 168

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of a friend of the Busch-Reisinger Museum
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
BR65.145
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Prints and Drawings by Ernst Barlach, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge
  • Works by Ernst Barlach, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/01/1983 - 08/26/1983

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