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“The Beetle Collecter“, 1954

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
India ink, pen, watercolor on paper
18.8×17.6 cm

Artists

  • Alfred Kubin

    (Litoměřice 1877–1959 Zwickledt)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Object data

Artist/author
  • Alfred Kubin
Title
“The Beetle Collecter“
Date
1954
Art movement
Symbolism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
India ink, pen, watercolor on paper
Dimensions
18.8×17.6 cm
Signature
Designated and dated lower right: Zwickled, November 54; designated lower left: Käfersammler
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 959
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
man/boyanimalsstanding figuresitting figure

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Kunsthandlung Otto Wilhelm Gauss, München (1959); (1)
Dr. Walter Kropatschek, Helgoland (1959-1979); (2)
Auktion: 21.06.1979, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, Auktion 169, Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Los Nr. 678
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (1979-1994); (3)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994).

  1. Kulturhistorisches Museum Bielefeld, Katalog zu “Alfred Kubin zum 100. Geburtstag”, Bielefeld 1977, S. 33, Nr. 62 „Käfersammler“ (Abb. S. 76)
  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. 678 (Los bestand aus drei Blättern); Galerie Kornfeld, Rechnung vom 20.06.1979.

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