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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR59.98
People
Gustav Klimt, Austrian (Vienna, Austria 1862 - 1918 Vienna, Austria)
Title
"Dialogues of the Courtesans" by Lucian (translated by Franz Blei)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Hetaerengespraeche des Lukian. Deutsch von Franz Blei. Mit Fünfzehn Bilder von Gustav Klimt
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
1907
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222849

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Letterpress and 15 photolithographs on off-white laid paper in hardbound book
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
37.2 x 29.8 x 1.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Irving Sobin
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
BR59.98
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Dream and Design: Turn-of-the-Century Art in Vienna and Central Europe, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/07/1992 - 05/03/1992
  • “As though my body were naught but ciphers”: Crises of Representation in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 02/12/2005 - 06/12/2005

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