- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2022.13
- People
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Elsa Thiemann, German (Torun, West Prussia (now Poland) 1910 - 1981 Hamburg, Germany)
- Title
- Black on White (Design for Wallpaper 'Ink Blot')
- Other Titles
- Title: Weiss auf Schwarz (Tapetenentwurf 'Tintenfecke')
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- 1930-1931
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/375081
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Gelatin silver print (photogram)
- Technique
- Photogram
- Dimensions
- 23.1 × 17.2 cm (9 1/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: on verso, in graphite:
Nr. 39. Weiss auf Schwarz -
estate stamp: on verso:
NACHLASS ELSA THIEMANN/1910-1981 -
stamp: on verso:
Honorar und Belege an/ELSA THIEMANN/BILDREPORTERIN/Bln.-Neukölln, Hertzbergstr. 7/8/Tel. 625311 - Psch-K. Bln.-West 33619
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inscription: on verso, in graphite:
- Provenance
- The artist's estate, sold; through [Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, Lot #4355, June 10, 2020]; to [Kicken Berlin], sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2022.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Antonia Paepcke Dubrul Fund
- Accession Year
- 2022
- Object Number
- 2022.13
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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