2003.112: Charity: To benefit undernourished children a whipped cream-eating contest takes place in the seaside resort of Sopot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.112

People

Erich Schilling, German (Suhl, Germany 1885 - 1945 Germany)

Title

Charity: To benefit undernourished children a whipped cream-eating contest takes place in the seaside resort of Sopot

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Wohltätigkeit: Zum besten unterernährter Kinder findet im Seebad Zoppot ein großes Schlagsahne-Preiswettessen statt

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1920

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/76804

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal, ink, colored pencil, and gouache on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

40.8 × 39.1 cm (16 1/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
image: 38.2 × 36.9 cm (15 1/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: fragment of former mat or mount c., graphite: 25 j.g. Nr. 23 1. Sept. 1920 [underlined] Wohltätigkeit // Zum Besten unterernährter Kinder findet im Seebad // Zoppot ein großes Schlagsahne-Preiswettessen statt. // Schwarz-weiss[underlined] reproduzieren!

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany], sold; to Carol O. Selle, New York, New York, 1972, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Carol O. Selle

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.112

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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