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Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to be of Higher Rank (Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich)

Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to be of Higher Rank (Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich)

(German (born Switzerland, active Germany and Switzerland), 1879–1940)
(Bern)
1903
Medium/TechniqueEtching and tonal etching on zinc, trial proof before the published edition of 30
DimensionsImage: 11.1 x 19.1 cm (4 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 11.8 x 22.6 cm (4 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 31.9 x 41.5 cm (12 9/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
Framed: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit LineLee M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1972.404
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Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: "P.K./ Bern Sept. 03"; l.r.: "6. Inv. 6"; along right edge of plate: "Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich."; upper right in plate: "AE [Ätzung, or etching] I 26 min./ II 15 "/ III 5 "/ IV 5 min."
ProvenanceJames N. Elesh, Sigma Arts Fund, Madison, CT; purchased June 7, 1972
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