Harvard Art Museums > 1943.555: The Wood Chopper (Le coup de grace) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Wood Chopper (Le coup de grace) (Ferdinand Hodler) , 1943.555,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297806. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.555 People Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss (Berne 1853 - 1918 Geneva) Title The Wood Chopper (Le coup de grace) Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1910 Culture Swiss Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297806 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink, watercolor, graphite, and blue crayon on off-white wove paper Dimensions actual: 42.5 x 32.5 cm (16 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, l.r.: Ferdinand Hodler watermark: [VID]ALON LES ANNONAY A LAVIS ANC MANUF CANSON & MONTGOLFIER inscription: lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: Le coup de grace Provenance Recorded Ownership History Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, acquired through Martin Birnbaum, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.555 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History 19th-Century German Drawings and Watercolors, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 07/01/1981 - 08/31/1981 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 19th-Century Drawings from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/01/1983 - 10/09/1983 Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
