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Study after sculpture - A Bishop

Maker

(artist)
1901-1965

Title

Study after sculpture - A Bishop

Date of Production

1932

Medium

graphite on laid paper, in Seilern's mount; pinholes at three corners and upper, lower and right centre edges

Dimensions

Height: 57.1 cm
Width: 43.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.287

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Reserved

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

purchased from the artist by Count Antoine Seilern, Vienna then London (1901-1978), 1932; Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Gerhart Frankl zum 60. Geburtstag, Österreichische Galerie, Vienna, 01/01/1962-01/03/1962

Gerhart Frankls graphische Variationen über ein gotisches Thema, Antiquariat V.A. Heck, Vienna, 1936

Literature

Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 287

Gerhart Frankl zum 60. Geburtstag, Österreichische Galerie, Vienna, 1962
cat. no. 38
fig. 10

Seilern, Count Antoine, Paintings and drawings of Continental Schools other than Flemish and Italian at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1961; III
no. 287
pl. CXX ...More

Reichel, A., 'Gerhart Frankls graphische Variationen über ein gotisches Thema' in Österreichische Kunst', 1936; VII, part 2
pp. 3-4
ill. on p. 3
journal in file for D.1978.PG.286

Klapsia, Heinrich, 'Gerhard Frankls Studien an Skulpturen des Mittelalters' in 'Kirchenkunst', Vienna 1935; VII
pp. 9-12
ill. on p. 12
journal in file for D.1978.PG.286 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left, graphite, signed and dated: “Gerh Frankl 32”; lower right corner, graphite: “d”. Mount (Seilern’s), Recto of front cover: lower right corner, graphite: “No. 13”. Mount (Seilern’s), Recto of back cover: lower right (directly adjacent to same letter on drawing), graphite: “,d”. Mount (Seilern’s), Verso of back cover: upper left, graphite: “Bischof aüs gross-Lobming [sic] Steiermark / 1470”; lower left, graphite: “Exh Vienna, 1962 No. 38”; lower left, graphite: “D00.-”.

Collector's mark: none.

Stamp: Mount (Seilern’s), Verso of back cover: lower left, stamped in blue: circle containing coat of arms, encircled by words: “Vom Bundesdenkmalamt zum Ausfuhr freigegeben”.

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