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The Cushion (Martha Kurzweil Seated on a Sofa)

(Austrian, born in Moravia, 1867–1916)
1903
Medium/TechniqueColor woodcut
DimensionsSheet: 55.7 x 45 cm (21 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Smaller mounted paper: 38.5 x 30.5 cm (15 3/16 x 12 in.)
Image: 28.5 x 25.7 cm (11 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Accession number04.2079.3
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsl.l. (printed on large sheet), "'Der Polster', farbiger Originalholzschnitt von Maximilian Kurzweil" ("'The Cushion', color original woodblock by Maximilian Kurzweil") l.r. (printed on large sheet), "Verlag der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst, Wein" ("Published by the company for duplicated/mimeographed art, Vienna")
Provenance1904, purchased by the MFA. (Accession date: February 28, 2018)