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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR59.38
People
Erich Heckel, German (Döbeln, Germany 1883 - 1970 Radolfzell, Germany)
Title
Couple
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Paar
Former Title: Pair of Lovers
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1910
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut in black and blue ink on yellow paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
27 x 34.8 cm (10 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
sheet: 29.6 x 43.3 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: E Heckel 10
  • inscription: l.l., in graphite: Paar
  • stamp and inscription: on verso: lion stamp in blue ink; 307 / 9 / 639 written in graphite

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Grace Bordenicht Gallery, Inc., New York], sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1959.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Dube I 186, p. 20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Louis W. Black
Copyright
© Erich Heckel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
BR59.38
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From Impressionism to the Bauhaus: German Master Prints from the Harvard Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/19/1981 - 06/29/1981
  • From the Realists to the Expressionists: Works on Paper by Central European Artists from 1870 to 1918, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1983 - 04/29/1983
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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