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Blumenstrauß
Austrian
about 1885

Medium/Technique Photolithograph
Dimensions Mounted: 24.9 × 13.4 cm (9 13/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 39 × 30 cm (15 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1941
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPublished in Die Graphischen Künste 7, no. 4 (1885), p. 54.
Marks Verso, center, stamped in violet ink, the collector's mark of Sylvester Rosa Koehler (Lugt 1580)
InscriptionsLower center, in plate: Farben-Lichtdruck von J. Loewy
Bottom center, in plate: Verlag der Gesellschaft f. vervielf. Kunst in Wein.
Verso, center, in graphite: Graph. Kunste. / VIII, 4, f. 56. / K / Photolith. F Lichtdruck
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.