Untitled (design for decorative border illustration)
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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