1956.59: Head of Fritz von Unruh

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1956.59

People

Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German (Duisburg, Germany 1881 - 1919 Berlin, Germany)
Fritz von Unruh

Title

Head of Fritz von Unruh

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

1918

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Switzerland, Zurich

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228480

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Tinted plaster

Dimensions

40.6 cm (16 in.)
(with base) 54.6 cm (21 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Fritz von Unruh, Atlantic City, sold [through Galerie St. Etienne]; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing, Francis H. Burr Memorial, William M. Prichard and Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Funds

Accession Year

1956

Object Number

1956.59

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Perry T. Rathbone, European Masters of Our Time, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1957), p. 21, fig. 38, ill. (b/w)
• Fritz von Unruh, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, College Art Journal (New York, 1957), XVI, pp. 274-279, fig. 1, ill.

Exhibition History

• European Masters of Our Time, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 10/10/1957 - 11/17/1957
• 32Q: 1510 German Expressionist Sculpture, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/27/2015 - 01/12/2016
• Private Practice, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/27/2015 - 01/12/2016

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