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Karl Stauffer-BernWW-1857-287105
1857·etching with drypoint on chine collé·plate: 39.6 × 29.7 cm (15 9/16 × 11 11/16 in.)
sheet: 54.8 × 36.4 cm (21 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1857
- Dimensions
- plate: 39.6 × 29.7 cm (15 9/16 × 11 11/16 in.) sheet: 54.8 × 36.4 cm (21 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Karl Stauffer-Bern
Artist
Karl Stauffer-Bern
Sculpture
Karl Stauffer, known as Karl Stauffer-Bern was a Swiss painter, etcher and sculptor. In the late 1880s, Stauffer-Bern had a romantic affair with Lydia Welti-Escher, but her husband used his political influence to separate them and to place Welti-Escher in an insane asylum. A despondent Stauffer-Bern reacted with a suicide attempt which left him permanently injured. In January 1891, he committed suicide with an overdose of chloral hydrate.
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- Karl Stauffer-Bern
- Year
- 1857
- Dimensions
- plate: 39.6 × 29.7 cm (15 9/16 × 11 11/16 in.) sheet: 54.8 × 36.4 cm (21 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1857-287105
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
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- Reference
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- Status
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