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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.159
People
Alfred Kubin, Austrian (Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria 1877 - 1959 Zwickledt, near Wernstein am Inn, Austria)
Title
Ruebezahl II
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1944
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223296

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
46.7 x 36 cm (18 3/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: Kubin
  • inscription: l.l.: Ruebezahl

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hoberg 155

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Copyright
© Alfred Kubin Stiftung / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.159
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Ruebezahl is the mountain spirit of the Sudetes Mountains, which stretch from eastern Germany along the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. He is the subject of many German, Czech, and Polish legends and fairy tales.

Publication History

  • Annegret Hoberg, Alfred Kubin, das lithographische Werk, Hirmer (Munich, 1999), p. 234, cat. no. 155, b/w ill.

Verification Level

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