Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource: https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/432293232/info.json
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.126
People
Louise Rösler, German (Berlin, Germany 1907 - 1993 Hamburg, Germany)
Title
The Room
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Das Zimmer
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1951
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357592

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Collage of cut printed paper, metal foil, cellophane, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
22.8 × 14.5 cm (9 × 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., in black ink: Louise Rösler
  • inscription: l.r., in black ink: 51

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Museum Atelierhaus Rösler-Kröhnke, sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Renke B. Thye
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.126
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Dr. Katrin Arrieta and Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe, Louise Rösler zum 100. Geburtstag, Museum Atelierhaus Rösler-Kröhnke (Kühlungsborn, Germany, 2007), p. 48, ill. (color)
  • Claire Messud, "German Art, Out of the Rubble", New York Review of Books (New York, NY, 2018)
  • Lynette Roth, Inventur—Art in Germany, 1943–55, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 315-317, cat. no. 42.2, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu