The Little Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2015.42
People: Gerd Arntz, German (Remscheid, Germany 1900 - 1988 The Hague, Netherlands)
Title: The Little Man
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Das Männchen
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1921
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/353398

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

21.3 x 15.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.l., in graphite: Das Männchen (1-20)
inscription: l.l., in graphite: nr 26
inscription: l.r., in graphite: G. Arntz 1921

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: The artist's estate; to [Galerie Claudia Glöckner, Cologne], gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Bool & Broos, 34

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Galerie Claudia Glöckner, Köln
Accession Year: 2015
Object Number: 2015.42
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kees Broos and Flip Bool, Gerd Arntz: Kritische Grafik, Haags Gemeentemuseum (The Hague, Netherlands, 1976), p. 78, cat. 34

Exhibition History

From Posada to Isotype, from Kollwitz to Catlett: Exchanges of Political Print Culture Germany to Mexico 1900-1968, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 03/22/2022 - 08/29/2022

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2015.42: The Little Man