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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.191
People
Arthur Siegel, German (1913 - 1978)
Title
Abstract Composition: Photogram
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1947
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223218

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Photogram
Dimensions
35.2 × 28 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso, center, in pen: Arthur Siegel
  • inscription: inscription: verso, center, in black ink: To Dorner with admiration Arthur Siegel Chicago 1947

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur Siegel, Chicago; to Alexander Dorner by gift, 1947; to Busch-Reisinger Museum by gift, 1958.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner
Copyright
© Estate of Arthur Siegel
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.191
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Laura Muir, Object Lessons: The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 273, 279, plate 38, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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