Group of Houses under Colossal Trees

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2023.513
People: Balthasar Anton Dunker, Swiss (Saal, Germany 1746 - 1807 Bern)
Title: Group of Houses under Colossal Trees
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Häusergruppe unter mächtigen Bäumen
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th-19th century
Culture: Swiss
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/381004

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray ink, graphite, and gray wash on cream paper

Dimensions

32.5 × 46.4 cm (12 13/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
frame: 52 × 66 cm (20 1/2 × 26 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower right, erased graphite: R... B... [? mostly illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Otto Wessner. [August Laube, Zürich], sold; to Peter Soriano, New York, 2010, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter F. Soriano ’81 in honor of Nina Munk
Accession Year: 2023
Object Number: 2023.513
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, auct. cat., August Laube (Zürich, 2010), pp. 30-32, lot no. 45, repr.

Exhibition History

Helvetica: Zeichnungen und Graphik, August Laube, Zurich

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2023.513: Group of Houses under Colossal Trees