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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR55.1
People
Hans Jaenisch, German (Eilenstedt, Germany 1907 - 1989)
Title
Sail Boat II
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Segelboot II
Former Title: Pelican
Original Language Title: Pelikan
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1952
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223367

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze on wood pedestal
Dimensions
14.29 cm (5 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on bronze pedestal: 1/10
  • label: underneath the base, printed on label: Pelican // K 6715 $75
  • inscription: underneath the base, in ink: K6715

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kleemann Galleries, NYC], sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1954

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
1/10
Standard Reference Number
Haupenthal S 18

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, G. David Thompson Fund
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
BR55.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles L. Kuhn, German Expressionism and Abstract Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1957), cat. no. 124, b/w ill.
  • Uwe Haupenthal, Hans Jaenisch. Malerei. Grafik. Plastik, exh. cat., Verlag der Kunst (Husum, Germany, 2010), p. 59, ill. (color) [reference citation]
  • Lynette Roth, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 86-87, fig. 5, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986

Verification Level

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