Harvard Art Museums > 2006.72.A-C: Melancholia (triptych) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Melancholia (triptych) (Karl Zerbe) , 2006.72.A-C,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/314677. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.72.A-C People Karl Zerbe, American (Berlin, Germany 1903 - 1972 Tallahassee, FL) Title Melancholia (triptych) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1946 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/314677 Physical Descriptions Medium Encaustic on canvas Dimensions overall: 182.9 x 254 cm (72 x 100 in.) first panel: 182.9 x 76.2 cm (72 x 30 in.) second panel: 182.9 x 101.6 cm (72 x 40 in.) third panel: 182.9 x 76.2 cm (72 x 30 in.) overall framed: 185.4 x 261.6 cm (73 x 103 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Estate of Herbert D. Schutz, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Herbert D. Schutz in memory of Herbert D. Schutz, Harvard College, Class of 1944 and Betty Prescott Schutz, Radcliffe College, Class of 1946 Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.72.A-C Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions 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. Publication History Frederick A. Sweet and Katharine Kuh, Abstract and Surrealist American Art, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicgo, IL, 1947), fig. 256, ill. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston Expressionism: Hyman Bloom, Jack Levine, Karl Zerbe, exh. cat. (Boston, Massachusetts, 1979), p. 9 (ill.), 24 Lemoyne Art Foundation, Expressions of life: the life & work of Karl Zerbe (Tellehassee, Fl., 1989), color ill. frontispiece. Exhibition History Abstract and Surrealist American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, 11/06/1947 - 01/11/1948 Boston Expressionism, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 01/09/1979 - 02/25/1979 The Expressionist Vision, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island, 12/16/1983 - 02/05/1984 Expressionism in Boston 1945-1985, De Cordova Museum The Visionary Decade: New Voices in Art in 1940s Boston, Boston University Art Galleries, 09/01/2002 - 11/01/2002; Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery, 02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003 32Q: 1330 Mid-Century Figurative, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2017 - 07/26/2018 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 Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu