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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR35.6
People
Ernst Barlach, German (Wedel, Germany 1870 - 1938 Rostock, Germany)
Title
Beggar's Majesty, from the portfolio "The Head"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Head
Original Language Title: Bettlermajestät, aus "Der Kopf"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1919
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225945

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 14.3 x 12.5 cm (5 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
sheet: 26.9 x 20 cm (10 9/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: E Barlach
  • stamp: on verso at l.r., blue ink, English: PRINTED IN GERMANY
  • inscription: On verso, l.m.: 9667

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Schult 105

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum Purchase
Accession Year
1935
Object Number
BR35.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Prints and Drawings by Ernst Barlach, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983

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