2011.481: Head of a Girl I (Elisabeth La Roche)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.481

People

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

Title

Head of a Girl I (Elisabeth La Roche)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Mädchenkopf I (Elisabeth La Roche)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1911

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/339543

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 24.7 x 19.6 cm (9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 47.4 x 32.8 cm (18 11/16 x 12 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: etched in plate, lower left: ELR
• inscription: etched in plate, lower right: HT [monogram] 1911
• inscription: print margin, lower right below plate, signed in graphite: Hans Thoma
• inscription: mount, lower right: 22.-
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: No 49 Mädchenkopf I

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

iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Beringer 537, Beringer (1991) 108

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

2011.481

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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