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“Melancholy“, c. 1910

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Pencil, India ink on paper
31.6×39.4 cm

Artists

  • Alfred Kubin

    (Litoměřice 1877–1959 Zwickledt)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Object data

Artist/author
  • Alfred Kubin
Title
“Melancholy“
Date
c. 1910
Art movement
Symbolism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
Pencil, India ink on paper
Dimensions
31.6×39.4 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: Kubin; designated lower left: Melanchonie; stamped lower right: [...] WK
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1003
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Alfred Kubin. Bekenntnisse einer gequälten Seele, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2022 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 16.04.2022–24.07.2022).
Keywords
allegorydeathDeath as skeletonhorsetextile fabric/cloth

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Auktion: 1960, Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, Auktion Nr. 99, Los Nr. 478; (1)
Dr. Walter Kropatschek, Helgoland (1960-1979); (2)
Auktion: 21.06.1979, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Auktion 169, Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Los Nr. 659.
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1979-1994); (3)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

  1. Kulturhistorisches Museum Bielefeld, Katalog zu “Alfred Kubin zum 100. Geburtstag”, Bielefeld 1977, S. 23, Nr. 7, Abb. S. 40
  2. E-mail Dr. Jochen Rath an Dr. Alfred Fehringer (LMPS) vom 22.02.2022.
  3. Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Katalog zur 169. Auktion, Los Nr. 659 (Abb. S. 110); Rechnung vom 20.06.1979; Korrespondenz zwischen Dr. Patricia Spiegelfeld (LMPS) und Dr. Eberhard Kornfeld vom August 2002.

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allegorydeathDeath as skeletonhorsetextile fabric/cloth

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