Fish / Alfred Kubin

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Accession Number: 2000/2.186
Title: Fish
Artist: Alfred Kubin
Artist Nationality: Austrian
Artist Life Dates: 1877-1959
Medium and Support: graphite on wove paper
Credit Line: Gift of Herbert Barrows
Inscription: Recto: inscribed in graphite, u. edge: Jeder schaltt das was er muss, auf seine/ Weise sie es ihn sein Talent [?]; erlauben/Erinner[..] am Ju[li] 5 [Everyone must function in its own way, in which his talent permits?/Remembering July 5] ; signed in graphite, l.edge: Kubin-Alfred-Honnberg; two blind stamps, l.r.: an oval-shaped with words "Sam Haber", and a; word "Gauss," placed separately; Verso: inscribed in graphite, l.l.: auf seine Weise; inscribed in graphite, l.r.: stili-UUE-68; inscribed in graphite, center: 709, and 1009, encircled
Dimensions: 13.5 cm x 23 cm (5 5/16 in. x 9 1/16 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: fish; night; trees; water
Secondary Keywords: animals; moons; plants; sketches; the natural world; time; waterscapes
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2828 x 1664
File Size: 626 KB
Record: 2000/2.186
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.186/2000_2.186.jpg-2

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Full citation: "Fish; Alfred Kubin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.186/2000_2.186.jpg-2. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.