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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR56.39
People
Willi Baumeister, German (Stuttgart, Germany 1889 - 1955 Stuttgart, Germany)
Title
Saffron Green with Blue-Red
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Safer Grün mit Blau-Rot
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1955
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223790

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on composite board
Dimensions
46 x 36.1 cm (18 1/8 x 14 3/16 in.)
framed: 66 x 51 x 3.3 cm (26 x 20 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black crayon on backing board l.c.: Baumeister
  • inscription: t.c., black crayon, in artist's hand: Safar grün // mit Blau-Rot // 1955
  • inscription: c. on circular green label, blue ink: 24
  • label: l.c.: [Kleemann Galeries, NY label]
  • stamp: l.l., black ink: atelier // willi baumeister

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, [Kleemann Galleries, NYC], sold; to private collection, 1956, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1956

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beye/Baumeister 1894

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
BR56.39
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister, exh. cat., Kleemann Galleries (New York, 1956), cat. no. 26, no. ill.
  • Charles L. Kuhn, German Expressionism and Abstract Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1957), cat. no. 97, b/w ill.
  • Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister: Life and Work, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1966), p. 332, no. 1431
  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 94, ill.
  • Peter Beye and Felicitas Baumeister, Willi Baumeister: Werkkatalog der Gemälde II, Hatje Cantz Verlag (Stuttgart, Germany, 2002), p. 748, cat. no. 1894, b/w ill.
  • 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. 71
  • Lynette Roth, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp.86-88, fig. 6, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Willi Baumeister, Kleemann Galleries, 02/01/1956 - 03/01/1956
  • 19th- and 20th-Century Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/11/1980 - 08/31/1980
  • 19th- and 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/08/1982
  • German Painting 1760-1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/1983 - 02/19/1984
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/17/2017 - 01/07/2018
  • Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/09/2018 - 06/03/2018

Verification Level

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