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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR32.57
People
Georg Kolbe, German (Waldheim, Germany 1877 - 1947 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Crouching Girl
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kauernde
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1927
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226395

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
46.5 x 21.5 x 24.2 cm (18 5/16 x 8 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: top of base, proper left of figure, in artist's hand: GK

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward M.M. Warburg, New York, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1932.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Copyright
© Georg Kolbe / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
BR32.57
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Traces of plaster at base (added later?)
Exposed armature at base (added later?)

Exhibition History

  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986

Verification Level

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