2004.132.9: Mont Blanc, the High King of the Alps
PrintsThe print shows a snow-covered mountain peak with areas of brown rock exposed. A gold crown with multiple points encircles the summit. Two figures with long handled objects are show in the center walking upwards.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.132.9
- People
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Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
- Title
- Mont Blanc, the High King of the Alps
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Original Language Title: Mont Blanc, der hohe Alpenkönig - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- print, postcard
- Date
- c. 1897
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/51217
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Photomechanical print on white wove paper
- Technique
- Photomechanical print
- Dimensions
- sheet: 9.1 x 14.1 cm (3 9/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Reuther 9
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in honor of Peter Nisbet
- Copyright
- © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.132.9
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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The postcard bears the printed signature "E. Hansen."
Printed at l.l.: Walther Albrecht, München. Nr. 14.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2019 - 06/03/2021
Verification Level
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