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Creative Thought (Schöpfungs-Gedanke), plate 2 from Creation--Death (Werden--Vergehen)

A work made of etching and aquatint in black ink on ivory wove paper.

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  • A work made of etching and aquatint in black ink on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1919

Artist:

Fritz Schwimbeck (German, 1889-1972)
published at Verlag Parcus & Co., Munich

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Fritz Schwimbeck

Title

Creative Thought (Schöpfungs-Gedanke), plate 2 from Creation--Death (Werden--Vergehen)

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1919

Medium

Etching and aquatint in black ink on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower right, in graphite: "F. Schwimbeck"; titled and inscribed, lower left, in graphite: "Schöpfungs-Gedanke 26/50"

Dimensions

Plate: 52.2 × 39.5 cm (20 9/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Sheet: 62.9 × 49.9 cm (24 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Stanley Field and Hannan endowment funds

Reference Number

2019.143.3

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