DrawingsGerman20th century

Untitled (design for decorative border illustration)

early 20th century

Artists

Max MayrshoferArtist

Description

Left side of image created through pressure transfer of image on right side.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and red crayon on off-white wove graph paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

22.1 x 12.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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