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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.41
People
Hans Burkhardt, American (Basel, Switzerland 1904 - 1994 Los Angeles, CA)
Title
Figure Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1939
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310137

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on heavyweight gray wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 46 x 61.4 cm (18 1/8 x 24 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: H. Burkhardt
  • inscription: verso, lower right and lower left, graphite: #3396
  • blind stamp: lower right: the artist's monogram (HB)
  • inscription: lower right, brown pencil, in artist's hand

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hans Burkhardt; to [Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California], sold; to [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Deknatel Purchase Fund
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.41
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
graphite loop (beginning of sketch?) on verso

Exhibition History

  • Modern Art for Harvard: Prints and Drawings Acquired through the Generosity of Frederick B. and Virginia H. Deknatel, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/1995 - 08/06/1995

Verification Level

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