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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2017.43
People
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German (Aschaffenburg am Main, Germany 1880 - 1938 Davos, Switzerland)
Title
Forest Road in Königstein with Mail Coach
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Waldstrasse bei Königstein
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1916
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356873
Location
Level 3, Room 3600, University Research Gallery
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Physical Descriptions
Medium
Etching with ink drawing on off-white wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 33.5 × 24.9 cm (13 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 36.9 × 28.4 cm (14 1/2 × 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Kirchner
  • inscription: Eigendruck Probedruck überzeichnet
Provenance
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, created 1916; [Kunstverein Jena, Botho-Graef-Stiftung]; removed from the collection by the National Socialist (Nazi) authorities (1937-1940); [Galerie Ferdinand Möeller, Berlin], (1940-1943); Kunsthändler Ferdinand Möller, Zermützel (1943-1949). Alan Press, Chicago, sold, through [Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago]; to James Mabie, Chicago (1987-2008), sold, through [Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago]; to Christopher Barton, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2008-2016), sold, through [Galerie St. Etienne, New York]; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2016.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Gercken, 794/II
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marjorie Benedict Cohn Twentieth Century Print Acquisition Fund and Margaret Fisher 1986 Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.43
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

States of Play: Prints from Rembrandt to Delsarte, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

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