A New Year's Greeting

1839

Adolph Menzel

Associated Names
Adolph Menzel

Artist, German, 1815 - 1905

This is a drawing featuring whimsical illustrations and decorative text. Intricate elements include ornate lettering and playful figures scattered across the page. In the upper left corner, there's a person in a decorative frame wearing a top hat. Below, there are figures of musicians playing drums and a small person with a dog on a leash. The text flows with embellishments and curls, displaying a decorative script. Various curly lines and motifs fill the spaces between the text and figures, adding artistic complexity to the piece.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 8.7 x 11.8 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.36.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Friedrich Puhlmann, Berlin(?) (on basis of the greeting--see Williamstown, 1979, no. 43, as in Exhibitions). (Schatzki Gallery, New York); Professor Julius S. Held, VT, purchased 1964; (sale, Christie's New York, 27 January 2009, no. 17); (via Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, 1979, no. 43.

Inscriptions

across face of card, in black ink: Ihnen Verehrter, Ihrer Lieben / Frau und Schwiegermutter und Respetabeln / und vortrefflichem / Wünscht im Lauf der 1839 doe bestem Amüsements der Unterzeichnete; across verso: Zur Intelligenz! / Falls ein gewisses Album nicht mit nach Holland gewandelt ist, wo sich aller= / dings das in Rede stehende Objeckt nicht schlecht / conservieren würde, so bittet Unterzeichneter, / selbiges ihm auf mehrere kleine Weilchen / in Pension zu geben / verspätet zure Post gegeben; by later hand, lower right verso : AMenzel

Wikidata ID

Q64533366

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