Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.73
People
Willi Baumeister, German (Stuttgart, Germany 1889 - 1955 Stuttgart, Germany)
Title
Line Figure with White Surfaces and Telephone
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Linienfigur mit weißen Flächen und Telefon
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1932
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358024

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil over incised lines on tan cardstock
Dimensions
44.7 × 34.8 cm (17 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., in graphite: Baumeister 32
  • inscription: on recto, in graphite, above signature: 246a [encircled]
  • stamp and inscription: on verso, in graphite and brown ink: 1207 / atelier Willi Baumeister
  • inscription: on recto, l.r., in graphite: 12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist, by bequest; to the Baumeister Estate, sold; through [Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin]; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Timotheus R. Pohl Acquisition Fund and with the support of Felicitas Baumeister
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.73
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.

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