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ID number:  BIRBI-2003.3
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Artist / Maker:  Menzel, Adolph von (1815-1905)
Title / Object name / Definition:  A Study for 'Contribution'
Object type:  Drawing
Culture:  German
Date made:  About 1884
Materials:  Carpenter's pencil with stumping
Measurements:  22.9 x 15.2 cm
Provenance:  Purchased from Flavia Ormond Fine Arts Limited, April 2003.
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Description:  Menzel was the leading master of later nineteenth-century German art. In its deftness and subtlety of line and modelling, it compares with the life drawings of Degas, also represented in the Barber collection. The drawing is a study for the gouache entitled 'Contribution', signed and dated 1884, and now in the Kupfertichkabinett, Berlin.

Inscriptions / Translations:  Signed l.r. with initials and dated, AM/30 DEC/84


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