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Nestle's

c. 1932

Hans Finsler

Associated Names

Hans Finsler

Artist, Swiss, 1891 - 1972

The image depicts a partially unwrapped bar of Nestlé's Swiss Milk chocolate. The foil wrapper is peeled back to reveal the individual chocolate pieces. The color palette is primarily black and white. The chocolate bar is in the foreground, with the wrapper extending to the bottom and right, while the branded wrapping paper is in the background above the opened chocolate bar.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Brenda and Robert Edelson Collection, 1998)
Dimensions

image: 22.86 × 17 cm (9 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 23.5 × 17.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.4653

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brenda and Robert Edelson, Baltimore, MD; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: R 256; bottom left: 80.4.10.22.; bottom right corner: Fi

Wikidata ID

Q64154705

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