DrawingsGerman20th century

Study for Title Page of "Himmel- & Höllenfahrt des Schambes Klappergässer" by Carl Eugen Schmidt

c. 1913

Artists

Otto GreinerArtist

Description

three sheets overlapped and joined, with paper overlays for correction at lower left (inscription)

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on cream wove paper, laid down

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

56.9 x 39.1 cm (22 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Guido von Usedom. Alexander B.V. Johnson and Roberta J.M. Olson, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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