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The Bookworm (Der Bucherwurm)

Carl Spitzweg
DESCRIPTION
Der Bucherwurm - A scholar balances on a library ladder, his nose buried in an open volume, a second book tucked under his arm, a third wedged between his knees. Spitzweg painted three versions of this subject; the principal version (c.1850) is held at the Museum Georg Schafer in Schweinfurt, Germany; a second is in the Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee.
DIMENSIONS
18" W x 22" H
MEDIUM
Original Impression (signed with edition, inscribed)
EDITION
Not specified
PERIOD
c.1850 (original composition)
PROVENANCE
Principal version at Museum Georg Schafer, Schweinfurt, Germany; second version at Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee
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