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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR56.234
People
Hans Jaenisch, German (Eilenstedt, Germany 1907 - 1989)
Title
Within the Enclave
Other Titles
Original Language Title: In der Enklave
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1948/1949
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223123

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Paint on paperboard
Dimensions
118.1 x 88 cm (46 1/2 x 34 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in oil, Jae
  • inscription: verso c.: HANS JAENISCH "WITHIN THE ENCLAVE"
  • label: on verso, t.l.: [Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, label]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
G. David Thompson, gift; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1956

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of G. David Thompson in memory of Curt Valentin
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
BR56.234
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Painting, exh. cat., Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, 1950), cat. no. 350, plate 81, b/w ill.
  • Charlotte Weidler, Art in Western Germany, Magazine of Art (1951), 44, p. 135, b/w ill.
  • Gerhard Händler, Deutsche Maler der Gegenwart, Rembrandt Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 1956), no. 121, b/w ill.
  • Charles L. Kuhn, German Expressionism and Abstract Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1957), cat. no. 101, b/w ill.
  • Lynette Roth, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 96-97, fig. 8, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, 10/19/1950 - 12/20/1950

Verification Level

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