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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.40
People
Marius Bauer, Dutch (The Hague, The Netherlands 1867 - 1932 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Title
Sarid's Army
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297749

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown wash on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions
17.3 x 27.8 cm (6 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., brown wash: MB
  • inscription: Verso, center, graphite: Sarid's leger / 8392 (this is the stock number of Frederick Keppel & Co.; see label from this art dealer in file)
  • inscription: Verso, upper left, graphite: 113
  • watermark: Vertically along right edge (when seen from verso): [Van Geld]er Zonen
  • label: formerly on back of frame (now in file), printed and inscribed: No. I 8392 / From FREDERICK KEPPEL & CO., / Rare Engravings and Etchings, / No. 4 East 39th Street, New York. / "Sarid's Army" / Original drawing by Marius / A. J. Bauer. Wash drawing / Dutch 1864-1932.
  • clipping: formerly back of frame (now in file), printed: "A remarkable gift of Mr. Bauer's is his skill in grouping figures. We can hardly think of a modern artist who has this gift to the same extent. Mr. Bauer seems to see a whole group of people as a group--not as a collection of individuals standing beside each other. This is the reason he is so happy in conveying the sense of marching forces, of cavalry and movement and of formal processions. Few artists have had this interest in and knowledge of human movement and so successfully kept it subordinate to scenes of wide stretches of desert or to the background of tremendous cities." T. Martin Wood, The International Studio

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, New York?, 1914-?]. Edwin DeTurck Bechtel, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.40
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings and Etchings by Marius A. Bauer, checklist (1914), cat. no. 88, p. 12

Exhibition History

  • Drawings and Etchings by Marius A.J. Bauer, Frederick Keppel & Co., 09/22/1914 - 10/17/1914

Verification Level

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