Harvard Art Museums > BR49.722: Exercise in Advancing and Receding Values 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 Advancing and Receding Values (Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack) , BR49.722,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 31, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/225172. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR49.722 People Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, Australian (Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1893 - 1965 Sydney, Australia) Title Exercise in Advancing and Receding Values Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1922-1923 Period Modern Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/225172 Physical Descriptions Medium Collage of opaque watercolor painted paper squares and traces of graphite on tan wove paper Dimensions 65 x 50 cm (25 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: recto l.r., red watercolor: MACK label: Label text: recto, l.l, typewritten in black ink: Tone and shades superimposed form similar shading from black to white, result: / The superimposed energies of form and shade create and [sic] illusion of advancing / or receding according to whether the [sic] are logically or illogically arranged. recto, l.l., in pencil: FOR 3 exhibition label: verso, l.r., black ink: Museum of Modern Art / Loan / A.38.1637 / Bayer Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund Copyright © Kaj Delugan Accession Year 1949 Object Number BR49.722 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 John David Farmer and Geraldine Weiss, ed., Concepts of the Bauhaus: The Busch-Reisinger Museum Collection, exh. cat. (1971), cat. no. 5 Exhibition History 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
