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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.453.3
People
Jaroslav Rössler, Czech (Smilov, Czech Republic 1902 - 1990 Prague, Czech Republic)
Title
Abstraction
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Reconstructing the Original: Czech Abstractions 1922-1935
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1923, printed 1994
Culture
Czech
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/338169

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.5 x 23.8 cm (9 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 25.1 x 24.6 cm (9 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
mat: 40.64 x 39.0525 cm (16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: 3. [over] Jaroslav Rossler [over] Abstraction, c. 1923 [over] Jaroslav Andel Sylve Vihore-Rosslerone(?) Gary Schneider 1994

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Estate of Jaroslav Rössler, 1994, to; [Gary Schneider and John Erdman, New York] (1994-2011), gift/sale; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Note: Printed in collaboration with the artist or the artist's estate and retained by Schneider/Erdman per agreement.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Schneider/Erdman Printer's Proof Collection, partial gift, and partial purchase through the Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Jaroslav Rössler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.453.3
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jennifer Quick, ed., Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 71, 75, fig. 4, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Analog Culture

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