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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR54.125
People
Johannes Itten, Swiss (Süderen-Linden, Switzerland 1888 - 1967 Zurich, Switzerland)
Title
Nude
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Akt
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1916
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223357

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on tan wove paper
Dimensions
45.3 x 31.8 cm (17 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Johannes Itten
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: L. Feininger zur Freund. Erinnerung
  • inscription: l.c., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: März 1923

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lyonel Feininger
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
BR54.125
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 145

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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