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A brown, black and white photograph of an abstract shape.

The photograph shows an abstract shape against a brown background. The shape is composed of white lines that look to be white paint applied with a finger. The lines are rough with striations of light brown showing through the white with black highlights. The line are vertical with three longer lines at the top, five shorter lines at the bottom and intersected by three horizontal lines. The vertical line on the left side rises up, curves out slightly then crosses the longest center vertical line. The background on the left side is narrow band of light brown, the center portion is dark brown, the right side is banded by a border of light brown.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.16.10
People
Chargesheimer, German (Cologne, Germany 1924 - 1971 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Monstra, from the book "Lightgraphics, Monoscriptures"
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1961
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/53906

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 39.7 x 29.8 cm (15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.r.: Ch 1961
  • inscription: on verso at c.l., blue ballpoint ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: Monstra
  • inscription: on verso at l.l., blue ballpoint ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 1.
  • inscription: on verso at l.r., blue ballpoint ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: Chargesheimer

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of The Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.16.10
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/13/2016 - 04/06/2017

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