Harvard Art Museums > BR56.39: Saffron Green with Blue-Red Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Saffron Green with Blue-Red (Willi Baumeister) , BR56.39,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/223790. This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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, 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
