Miracle of the Clouds | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2011.482
People: Hans Thoma, German (Bernau im Schwarzwald, Germany 1839 - 1924 Karlsruhe, Germany)
Title: Miracle of the Clouds
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Wolkenwunder
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1915
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/339544

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white wove paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 30 x 18 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 47.9 x 32.5 cm (18 7/8 x 12 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: etched in plate, lower left: HT [monogram] 1915
inscription: print margin, lower right below plate, signed in graphite: Hans Thoma
inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 83 Wolkenwunder
inscription: former mat, graphite: 25.-

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Hermann Bünemann, Munich, Germany, gift; to Wolfgang and Emmerich Bünemann, Munich, Germany, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2011.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/iii
Standard Reference Number: Beringer 598, Beringer (1991) 169

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Wolfgang and Emmerich Bünemann, in honor of their father Hermann Bünemann
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 2011.482
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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