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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.471
People
Hans Thoma, German (Bernau im Schwarzwald, Germany 1839 - 1924 Karlsruhe, Germany)
Title
Mercury
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Fliegender Merkur
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1897
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339533

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Aluminograph on tan wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 36.1 x 45.3 cm (14 3/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
sheet: 42.3 x 54.7 cm (16 5/8 x 21 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed in print, lower left, black ink: Hans Thoma
  • inscription: printed in print, lower left: HT [monogram] 97
  • inscription: print margin, lower right corner, graphite: 45.-
  • inscription: exterior of old mat, graphite: 941
  • inscription: inside old mat, lower left corner, graphite: Hans Thoma "Fliegender Merkür" / Beringer 92 / Farb[?] Druck sogn[?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hermann Bünemann, Munich, Germany, gift; to Wolfgang and Emmerich Bünemann, Munich, Germany, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2011.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beringer 92

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Wolfgang and Emmerich Bünemann, in honor of their father Hermann Bünemann
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.471
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2130 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/12/2018 - 02/14/2019

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