Capriccio CHOPIN, December 8, 1936 – January 15, 1937

Title

Capriccio CHOPIN (Original Title)

Title Translation

Capriccio CHOPIN

Draughtsman

• Marcus Behmer

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache paint
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Monogrammiert und datiert in der Darstellung mittig links (mit der Feder in Braun): MB [ligiert] / 29 XII 36; datiert und bezeichnet unterhalb der Darstellung: INVENIT 8.XII.HEILIGENHOLZ, DELINEAVIT 29.XII.STOCKACH, PINXIT 31.XII.IBID. / FINITUM 14.&15.I.1937.; in der Darstellung unten: Capriccio / CHOPIN; oben rechts: 4

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Marcus Haucke, Berlin

Acquisition

Acquired in 1956 from the artist

Genre

• plant depiction

Primary

• 48A983 ornament derived from plant forms
• 49L12 Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet
• 48AA98333 bunch of flowers ~ ornament - AA - stylized