2004.132.6: The Schreckhörns
PrintsThe color print shows a range of mountains. Five of the peaks have faces with bulging eyes, and red noses, some are long and beak-like, one is bulbous, all are red. The mouths are all open showing pointed teeth. In the left foreground are two figures, one holds a figure by the waist the one being held has an open red umbrella, both feet are off the ground. In the center are three figures leaping with arms raised, they are linked by a thin line at waist height. The sky is red with bands of orange.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.132.6
- People
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Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
- Title
- The Schreckhörns
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Original Language Title: Die Schreckhörner - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- postcard, print
- Date
- c. 1897
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/52813
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 13
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
- 2004.132.6
- 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. : 13. Kunstverlag F. Kilinger, Zürich.
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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