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Die sieben Schwäne (The seven swans)

Heinrich J. Vogeler (German, 1872–1942)
1898

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Platemark: 24.7 × 14.8 cm (9 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
Sheet: 56.2 × 44.2 cm (22 1/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1841.5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Inscriptionsrecto, lower left: Druck & Verlag. d. Gesellschaft f. verv. Kunst, Wien.
recto, lower center: DIE SIEBEN SCHWÄNE.
recto, lower right: Original-Radirung v. Heinrich Vogeler.
ProvenanceBy 1896, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Leipzig, Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 28, 2018)

NOTE:
Sylvester Rosa Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
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