2008.27: Birth announcement for Lukas Oberhuber

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.27

People

Robert Doxat, Austrian (born 1930)

Title

Birth announcement for Lukas Oberhuber

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1967

Culture

Austrian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/323741

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Drypoint

Dimensions

platemark: 17.2 x 14.2 cm (6 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
sheet: 25 x 22 cm (9 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r.: Robert Doxat

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of Caroline Karpinski to HUAM.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift in honor of Konrad Oberhuber's memory

Accession Year

2008

Object Number

2008.27

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

This print is a birth announcement for Lukas Oberhuber (born in Vienna on September 25,1967), the son of former Fogg drawing curator Konrad Oberhuber. Oberhuber was at Harvard from 1975 to 1987. Oberhuber commissioned the drypoint for the birth of his son and mailed them to his friends (the original mailing envelope accompanies the print).

The artist, Robert Doxat (Austrian, b. 1930), studied art in Vienna in the 1950s. Although little is known of him, his prints can be found in the collections of museums and galleries in Austria as well as the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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