BR58.159: Ruebezahl II
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR58.159
- People
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Alfred Kubin, Austrian (Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria 1877 - 1959 Zwickledt, near Wernstein am Inn, Austria)
- Title
- Ruebezahl II
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- 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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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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