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

The black and white print shows a circular staircase on a round base. The stairs begin on the right side, on the base and on four of the steps are three-toed footprints. At the top of the stairs is a white vertical object standing on a point. It has a round center and a slight outward curve on the right side and ends in an elongated point.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.204.19
People
Wolfgang Paalen, Austrian (Vienna, Austria 1905 or 1907 - 1959 Mexico City, Mexico)
Title
A l'échelle du désir/The scale of desire
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Guaranteed Surrealist Postcard Series
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
1937
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342745

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
2012.204.19
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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