Virgin, Monk and Eiger | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2004.132.4
People: Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title: Virgin, Monk and Eiger
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Original Language Title: Jungfrau, Mönch und Eiger
Classification: Prints
Work Type: postcard, print
Date: c. 1897
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/5309

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Photomechanical print on white wove paper

Technique

Photomechanical print

Dimensions

sheet: 9 x 13.8 cm (3 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: l.c., black ink, handwritten, German, signed: Es ist beinahe halb so schön wie noch einmal so schön, Bürklin.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Reuther 7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in honor of Peter Nisbet
Accession Year: 2004
Object Number: 2004.132.4
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: The postcard bears the printed signature "E. Hansen."
Almost completely abraded: Fr. Ant. Prantl, München. (l.l.)
Printing information l.r. deliberately removed.
The number 7 is printed in the image (u.l.).

Verification Level

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