Black ink etching of a cat on a windowsill that overlooks an evening scene in the country.
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In this black ink etching, a cat is shown sitting on the right side of a windowsill. Its striped back is to the viewer, and it is in profile looking left. The two sides and bottom of the windowsill are in view, and there is writing along the bottom. These architectural and feline elements are in shadow, and beyond them is an evening scene of a country landscape. Curving along the bottom left is a tree-lined road where a man and a woman are walking with a dog. The sky is filled with large clouds and a crescent moon.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.476
People
Hans Thoma, German (Bernau im Schwarzwald, Germany 1839 - 1924 Karlsruhe, Germany)
Title
The Cat (Evening Tranquility)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Katze (Abendfrieden)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1901
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/339538

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 17.7 x 14.1 cm (6 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
plate: 19.7 x 16.1 cm (7 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 44.4 x 31.1 cm (17 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: etched in plate, lower left: HT [monogram] 1901 Abendfrieden
  • inscription: etched in plate, lower right: 09
  • inscription: print margin, lower right below plate, signed in graphite: Hans Thoma
  • inscription: print margin, lower right corner, graphite: Die Katze B.49 IV
  • stamp and inscription: verso, lower right, red ink stamp with graphite inscription: H.T. 107 [graphite] / Verlag Der / Kunstdruckerei Künstlerbund / Karls[? remainder of word illegible, possibly Karlsruhe]

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

State
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Beringer 479, Beringer (1991) 49

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
2011.476
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/01/2018 - 10/11/2018

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