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Holding a heart, from the series Legends

Holding a heart, from the series Legends

Légendes

Raphael Kirchner (Austrian, 1875–1917)

French (Paris)

1903

Medium/Technique Color lithograph with metallic pigment on card stock

Dimensions Vertical: Overall: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2012.6229.4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

Catalogue Raisonné E.6 - Légendes (Legends), a series of 6 with an illustrated set cover; card no. 4

DescriptionSeries: Légendes (Legends). Women with various objects set within panels of different shapes, gold background.
Back: undivided. Mint.

Signed Raphael Kirchner, Paris

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2012, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2012)