2006.245: Study for Title Page of "Himmel- & Höllenfahrt des Schambes Klappergässer" by Carl Eugen Schmidt

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

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

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

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