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Harvard German painting gift, part II, gallery

Posted by Geoff Edgers November 7, 2008 03:32 PM

A few more of the works given to Harvard.

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A. R. Penck (German, b. 1939), Venus and Mars, 1977. Oil on cloth, 180 x 140 cm (70 7/8 x 55 1/8 in.). Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of Siegfried Gohr, 2008.209. Photo: Friedrich Rosenstiel.

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Ernst Wilhelm Nay (German, 1902–1968), Untitled, 1954. Brush and ink, 48.7 x 62.9 cm (19 3/16 x 24 3/4 in.). Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of Siegfried Gohr, 2008.216. Photo courtesy Siegfried Gohr.

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A. R. Penck (German, b. 1939), Rock II, 1984. Oil on canvas, 200 x 130 cm (78 3/4 x 51 3/16 in.). Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of Siegfried Gohr, 2008.210. Photo: Friedrich Rosenstiel.

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Rosemarie Trockel (German, b. 1952), Untitled (Mouth Sculptures), 1989. Silver-plated chewing gum mounted on board, brochure; chewing gum: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.), brochure: 5.5 x 5.5 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.), board: 4 x 6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.). Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of the Artist, 2008.232. Photo courtesy Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers Galerie.

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Rosemarie Trockel (German, b. 1952), She Came to Stay, 2001. Offset and fluorescent silkscreen on paper, 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.). Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of the Artist, 2008.229. Photo courtesy Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers Galerie.

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Boris Becker (German, b. 1961), Cracow, 1994. Chromogenic print, face mounted to acrylic; 200 x 160 cm (78 3/4 x 63 in.). Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of the Artist, 2008.227. Photo courtesy Studio Boris Becker.

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