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Giovanni Giacometti Reading
Cuno Amiet (Swiss, 1869–1961)
1907, signed 1910
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, printed in orange
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.2 x 33.5 cm (14 1/4 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in Memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number2011.13
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mandach 25, proof before the edition
DescriptionPrinted on the verso of a blank certificate for participation in the Third German Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Dresden, 1906.
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.r.: C. Amiet 1910; l.r.: A 1/12; verso, printed in black and gold: Unter dem Allerhöchsten Protektorat sr. Maiestät des Königs Friedrich August von Sachsen/ Dritte Deutsche Kunstgewerbe Ausstellung Dresden 1906/ Es wird hiermit beurkundet dass Herrn ____ die Erinnerungs Medaille gewidmet wurde./ Dresden, den 19. Juni 1906/ Das Ausstellungs Directorium/ Der 1. Vorsitzende/ Der 1. Schriftführer; in graphite, l.l.: 40371; l.r.: stamped Sammlung Walter Kern
ProvenanceProbably given by the artist to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (b.1880 – d. 1938), Davos, Switzerland; to his widow, Erna Kirchner (d. 1945), Davos; sold by Erna Kirchner to Walter Kern (b. 1898 – d. 1966; Lugt 1567a), Davos. June 5, 2008, anonymous sale (auction 244), Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, lot 163, to August Laube Buch und Kunstantiquariat, Zürich; 2011, sold by Laube to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)