Woman before a Fire, 1851

Not on View

series Title

Versuche auf Stein mit Pinsel und Schabeisen (Experiments on Stone with Brush and Scraper)

Medium

lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 23.6 x 17.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 in.)

sheet: 46.4 x 29.9 cm (18 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Dorgerloh, no. 642, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1996.9.3

Artists / Makers

Adolph Menzel (artist) German, 1815 - 1905

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right plate: Menzel; across bottom, printed below image: Verlag v CARL MEDER in Berlin / Druck v L Sachse & Co Berlin (durch Korn); by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Adolf Menzel / Lesende Dame am Kamin / D. 642 / B. 402 II (von III) / H 284 / 8640

Provenance

(James Bergquist, New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

1896: Dorgerloh, A. Verzeichnis der durch kunstdruck vervielfältigen arbeiten Adolf Menzels. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1896.