Heinrich Lefler
Zaubergarten (The Magic Garden)

ArtistAustrian, 1863–1919
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Zaubergarten (The Magic Garden)
  • for Parsifal, Act II, Scene 2
Datec. 1913
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper board
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (20 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 15 7/8 in. (30.5 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineThe American Institute of Architects, Houston Design Collection, museum purchase funded by friends of Barry Moore, FAIA, in his honor
Object number2018.401
Non exposé

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ProvenanceParis dealer; Private Collection, Vienna; on consignment to Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels; sold to MFAH 2018
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, in image, bottom right corner: H L
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, in image, bottom left: LE ....E [erased]
Recto: Inscribed in ink, below image left: Parsifal III 3.
Recto: Inscribed in ink, below image right: Zaubergarten / (verwandlung.)
Recto: Inscribed in ink, bottom left corner: 1004 B [strikethrough] / D114
Verso: Inscribed in graphite: no 2205
Recto: Stamped in purple ink, top right corner: Osterreichisches Kostüm Atelier / M. Striberny / Wien, VI. Mariahilferstrasse 33.
Recto: Stamped in purple ink, bottom right corner: Alle Rechte vorbehalten

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