Harvard Art Museums > BR61.44: Composition with Dot Theme Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Composition with Dot Theme (Carl Buchheister) , BR61.44,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 31, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/222907. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR61.44 People Carl Buchheister, German (Hanover, Germany 1890 - 1964 Hanover, Germany) Title Composition with Dot Theme Other Titles Original Language Title: Komposition mit Punktthema Former Title: Composition Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1952 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/222907 Physical Descriptions Medium Alkyd and modified oil paint on machine-made laid paper Dimensions 35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.) mat: 54.2925 x 48.26 cm (21 3/8 x 19 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: on verso, in graphite: Carl Buchheister inscription: on verso, in graphite: für Axel Dorner// zum 60. Geburtstag 19. Jan. 1953 inscription: on verso, in graphite: Carl Buchheister Hannover// Komposition mit Punktthema 1952 inscription: on verso, in graphite: oben State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Kemp 1952/31 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner in memory of Dr. Alexander Dorner Accession Year 1961 Object Number BR61.44 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Willi Kemp, ed., Carl Buchheister. Werkverzeichnis der abstrakten Arbeiten, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König (Cologne, Germany, 1998), p. 258, cat. no. 31 Liz Sorokin, "The Technical Examination of Two Works on Paper by Carl Buchheister in the Collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums" (2016), pp 1-100 passim Lynette Roth, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 326-328, cat. no. 44.1, ill. (color) Exhibition History Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/09/2018 - 06/03/2018 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
