DrawingsGerman20th century

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

c. 1913

Artists

Otto GreinerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on cream wove paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.3 x 49 cm (15 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Carl König, Vienna (L. 583). 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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