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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR55.79
People
Heinrich Campendonk, German (Krefeld, Germany 1889 - 1957 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Title
Two Horses (Postcard to Franz Marc)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1914
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223777

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache over traces of graphite on cream card
Dimensions
8.9 x 14 cm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso in brown ink at l.l.: Campendonk
  • inscription: verso, brown ink, German, in artist's hand: Postkarte/Herrn/Frz. Marc/Ried/Post Benediktbeuren/OB Bayern / Lieber Herr Marc: / Herzl. Dank für die Besorgung der Spargel. Freitag sind wir in München. Herzl. Grüsse von Haus zu Haus Ihr ("Dear Mr. Marc: / Many thanks for getting the asparagus. We'll be in Munich on Friday. Warm wishes from house to house Yours Campendonk") [Campendonkin old Suetterlin alphabet]
  • stamp: verso, u.r., black ink, German: postage stamp cancelled: SINDELSDORF 20 Mai 5-6 Nm. 14 20 ["May 5-6 pm 14" (=1914) ]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, G. David Thompson Fund
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
BR55.79
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bavarian postage stamp adhered on verso at upper right, cancelled

Publication History

  • Andrea Firmenich, Heinrich Campendonk, 1889-1957. Mit Werkkatalog des malerischen Oeuvres (Recklinghausen, 1989), cat. no. 500
  • James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 27, repr. (recto and verso)

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • 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
  • Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001

Verification Level

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