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”The Insane Asylum“, undated

Leopold Museu,
Vienna
India ink, pen on paper
35.8×32.4 cm

Artists

  • Alfred Kubin

    (Litoměřice 1877–1959 Zwickledt)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment

Object data

Artist/author
  • Alfred Kubin
Title
”The Insane Asylum“
Date
undated
Art movement
Symbolism
Category
Graphic work
Material​/technique
India ink, pen on paper
Dimensions
35.8×32.4 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: AKubin; designated lower left: Im Irrenhaus, 2 Paper embossing stamps lower right: aWk; Gauss
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 968
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
interiorwoman/girlstate of being while doingstanding figure (fem.)bending figure (fem.)person prayingcard games/gambling/puzzles etc.altarcross/crucifix

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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. 675
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. 29, Nr. 38 „Im Irrenhaus“ (Abb. S. 61)
  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. 675 (Los bestand aus zwei Blättern); Galerie Kornfeld, Rechnung vom 20.06.1979.

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interiorwoman/girlstate of being while doingstanding figure (fem.)bending figure (fem.)person prayingcard games/gambling/puzzles etc.altarcross/crucifix

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