A photograph of an abstract form in black and white against a brown background.
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The photograph shows a black shape which flows across the picture from the right and fills most of the center. The shape widens and narrows with areas of white interspersed with areas of dark brown and white lines cutting diagonally from top to bottom. The background is brown, it is cloudy and has an area of bright white extending from the center form and spreads across the top of the right edge.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.16.6
People
Chargesheimer, German (Cologne, Germany 1924 - 1971 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Szenarium, from the book "Lightgraphics, Monoscriptures"
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1961
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/53939

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 29.9 x 39.7 cm (11 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.l.: Ch 1961
  • inscription: on verso at l.c., blue ballpoint ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: Scenarium [sic]
  • 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
1991.16.6
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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