2011.480: View of Frankfurt

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.480

People

Hans Thoma, German (Bernau im Schwarzwald, Germany 1839 - 1924 Karlsruhe, Germany)

Title

View of Frankfurt

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Blick auf Frankfurt

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1909

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339542

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

image: 17.3 x 31.3 cm (6 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
plate: 19.2 x 33.3 cm (7 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
sheet: 31.4 x 45.1 cm (12 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: etched in plate, lower left: HT [monogram]
• inscription: etched in plate, lower left, backward mirror writing: Weg v.d. Gerbermühle nach Frankfurt a.M. 13.8.92
• inscription: print margin, lower right below plate, signed in graphite: Hans Thoma
• inscription: exterior of old mount, lower right, graphite: Thoma: Blick auf Frankfurt B.85 II
• inscription: print margin, lower right corner, graphite: 85

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

ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Beringer 514, Beringer (1991) 85

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

2011.480

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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