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Begegnung Zweier Karawanen in der Wüste
Meeting of Two Caravans in the Desert
Begegnung Zweier Karawanen in der Wüste
German
1891
Medium/Technique
Photogravure
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.4 × 28.9 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1921
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Lower right, in plate: W. Getnz
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: W. Getz pinx.
Lower right, in plate: Photogravure H. Riffarth, Berlin
Lower center, in plate: Begegnung Zweier Karawanen in der Wüste
Bottom left, in plate: Verlag v. E.A. Seeman in Leipzig
Bottom right, in plate: Druck v. F.A. Brockhaud in Leipzig
Verso, center, in graphite: Zeitscheift. / 1891. II, 9. / K.
Lower right, in plate: Photogravure H. Riffarth, Berlin
Lower center, in plate: Begegnung Zweier Karawanen in der Wüste
Bottom left, in plate: Verlag v. E.A. Seeman in Leipzig
Bottom right, in plate: Druck v. F.A. Brockhaud in Leipzig
Verso, center, in graphite: Zeitscheift. / 1891. II, 9. / K.
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 14, 2023)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.