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A black and white print in the form of a postcard.

The black and white print shows two bottles with cork stoppers. The bottle on the left has a door in a frame with a door knocker in the center. Floor boards run from the door to the bottom of the bottle. The bottle on the right has a picture of human figures sitting, legs outstretched, in a circle with feet meeting in the center.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.17
People
Roland Algernon Penrose, British (London, England 1900 - 1984 East Sussex, England)
Title
La Terre en bouteille/Bottled earth
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
1937
Culture
British, English
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342743

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photo offset lithograph
Dimensions
9.2 x 14.1 cm (3 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jack Banning, New York, [Christie's East], sold: to Rick Wester, Dobbs Ferry, New York, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rick Wester and Jennifer Garvin
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.204.17
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/18/2018 - 10/17/2019

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