Harvard Art Museums > BR49.706: Exercise in Values and Movement Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Exercise in Values and Movement (Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack) , BR49.706,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/225070. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR49.706 People Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, Australian (Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1893 - 1965 Sydney, Australia) Title Exercise in Values and Movement Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1922 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/225070 Physical Descriptions Medium Black opaque watercolor, brushed and spattered on cream wove paper Technique Collage Dimensions 47.5 x 43.9 cm (18 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: recto, lower right, red paint: Mack label: recto, lower left, in typewritten black ink: [left] Untersuchung einer unvermittelt und einer chromatisch über Grau entwickel- ten linearen Bewegung- in Bezug auf Bewegungsintentität, auf die räumliche Dimension und auf die Verschiedenar- tigkeit des Dunkelkeitscharakters. [center] Experiment with movements of black on white and black tones through grey to white showing three illusions: 1) different speed of movement 2) flat and three dimensional [sic] effects 3) different intensities of black. The same black is used through out. English translation: Experiment in linear motion, one unmixed and one chromatic through grey, —in relation to the movement intensity, to the spatial dimension and to the var- iety of the character of darkness. inscription: rector, lower right, in red paint: Mack inscription: verso, upper right, in red paint: No 16 label: verso, lower right: Museum of Modern Art Loan A.38.1936 Bayer Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund Copyright © Kaj Delugan Accession Year 1949 Object Number BR49.706 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. Descriptions Description Photomechanical print on the verso (not by the artist) Exhibition History Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982 The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
