Philipp Otto Runge
1777-1810
The Times of the Day: Day
1805
Black ink etching.
28 3/8 x 19 1/16 inches (720 x 485 mm)
Purchase, Fellows Fund, the Fellows Endowment Fund, and the Herzog Fund, with the special assistance of Mrs. Samuel P. Reed and Mrs. McCauley Conner.
1985.70:2
Notes
One in a set of four prints entitled: The Times of the Day (Die Zeiten): Morning, Day, Evening, Night.
Twenty-five sets of this first edition were printed in 1805. A second edition, perhaps of 250 sets, was issued in 1807.
Twenty-five sets of this first edition were printed in 1805. A second edition, perhaps of 250 sets, was issued in 1807.
Provenance
Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich.
Associated names
Reed, Samuel P., Mrs., donor.
Conner, McCauley, Mrs., donor.
Conner, McCauley, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Twenty-first report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1989, p. 376.
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Century prints
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