A Red in Front of a Tree | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2020.106
People: Georg Baselitz, German (Deutschbaselitz, Germany 1938 -)
Title: A Red in Front of a Tree
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Roter vorm Baum
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1966
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/367439

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Drypoint on white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 43 × 32 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
plate: 32.7 × 23.5 cm (12 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.r.: G. Baselitz
inscription: l.l., in graphite: Probedruck

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Georg Baselitz, gift; to Dr. Dorette Hildebrand-Staab (1966-2020), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2020.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Jahn 39

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Dorette Hildebrand-Staab
Accession Year: 2020
Object Number: 2020.106
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Fred Jahn, Baselitz: Peintre-gravure. Vol. 1, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, 1963-74, Gachnang & Springer (Bern, 1983), p. 60, cat. no. 39
Georg Baselitz and Georg Reinhardt, Georg Baselitz: Druckgraphik 1963-1988, Museum Morsbroich (Leverkusen, 1989), pp. 15, 199, cat. no. 78, ill.

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2020.106: A Red in Front of a Tree