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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.245
People
Otto Greiner, German (Leipzig, Germany 1869 - 1916 Munich, Germany)
Title
Study for Title Page of "Himmel- & Höllenfahrt des Schambes Klappergässer" by Carl Eugen Schmidt
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1913
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317882

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on cream wove paper, laid down
Dimensions
56.9 x 39.1 cm (22 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: black ink, top: Himmel & Hollenfahrt; lower left: des / Schambes / Klapper- / gässer; lower right: erzählt / von / Carl / Eugen / Schmidt
  • inscription: graphite and black ink, lower right: 53
  • collector's mark: verso of mount: Sammlung / Guido v. Usedom [not in Lugt]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Guido von Usedom. Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.245
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
three sheets overlapped and joined, with paper overlays for correction at lower left (inscription)

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