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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR34.194
People
August Macke, German (Meschede, Germany 1887 - 1914 near Perthes-les-Hurlus, France)
Title
Promenaders
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Spaziergänger
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1914
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226363

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
21.5 × 28.1 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
frame: 45.1 × 50.2 × 1.3 cm (17 3/4 × 19 3/4 × 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, u.r., graphite, German: Spaziergänger 1914
    (Im Vordergrund 3 Männer, rechts Wagen, links Dame)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
BR34.194
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ursula Heiderich, August Macke. Aquarelle. Werkverzeichnis, Hatje Cantz Verlag (Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, 1997), cat. no. 2418
  • 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. 175

Exhibition History

  • Artists of the Blaue Reiter: Exhibition of Painting and Graphic Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 01/21/1955 - 02/24/1955
  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • From the Realists to the Expressionists: Works on Paper by Central European Artists from 1870 to 1918, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1983 - 04/29/1983
  • Franz Marc and the Blue Rider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/08/2001 - 07/15/2001

Verification Level

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