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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR57.130
People
Willi Baumeister, German (Stuttgart, Germany 1889 - 1955 Stuttgart, Germany)
Title
Apollo with Seated Figure; verso: Untitled (Technical drawing)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Apollo mit sitzender Figur
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1922
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223146

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and graphite on off-white wove paper; black ink and graphite
Dimensions
48 x 34.1 cm (18 7/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Willi Baumeister
  • inscription: u.l., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Treppe mit Umbau / oder (underlined) Bruchstücke

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Ponert 122

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Alexander Dorner Trust
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
BR57.130
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
On verso: ink and graphite technical drawing with typography. Possible poster design? Text reads "Stuttgart Friedr. Eug. Realsch. Kl. 8, Oktober 1903"

Publication History

  • Dietmar Jürgen Ponert, Willi Baumeister: Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen Gouachen und Collagen, DuMont (Köln, Germany, 1988), cat. no. 122

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982

Verification Level

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