Harvard Art Museums > BR49.704: Color Exercise 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"Color Exercise (Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack) , BR49.704,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/225115. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR49.704 People Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, Australian (Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1893 - 1965 Sydney, Australia) Title Color Exercise Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1922 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/225115 Physical Descriptions Medium Collage of cut and painted papers on off-white wove paper Technique Collage Dimensions image: 44.3 × 33.5 cm (17 7/16 × 13 3/16 in.) mount: 56.1 × 42.4 cm (22 1/16 × 16 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Ludwig Mack; in gouache at l.l. of mount: L. Mack 1922 inscription: recto, lower center, in black ink, in artist's hand: Weiss-Schwarz-Stufung = ergibt das Räumlich-näher bei Weiss, das Räumlich-Ferner bei Schawrz. Im Gegensatz hierzu (zur Raumbewegung) ist Gelb (als aggressiv, aus der Fläche/heraus-tretend) hinter das Schwarz gesetzt,—und Blau (als passiv, in die Tiefe führend) auf das eiß verworfen. Resultat: das Blau drückt das Weiss der grau Stufung zuruck und das gelbe Feld hebt das Schwarz heraus. English translation: White-Black Scale = show the spatial advance of white, the spatial recession of black. Contrary to this (the spatial movement) is yellow (as aggressive, advancing from the surface) put underneath black,—and blue (as passive, tending toward depth) covering the white. Result: The blue pushes the white of the greyscale back and the yellow field raises the black up.l.c., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand inscription: recto, lower right, in pencil: Ludwig Mack inscription: recto, lower left, in pencil: 22 inscription: recto, lower left, in red paint: L. Mack 1922 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund Copyright © Kaj Delugan Accession Year 1949 Object Number BR49.704 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. 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 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
