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Artist Günther Vogler (German, 1895–1945)
Title Seated Man
Date 1916
Medium Graphite on paper
Dimensions Image: 10 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (26 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (32.1 × 25.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Gloria Middeldorf in Memory of Ulrich Middeldorf, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 87.26.4.18

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1987, Gift to the Indiana University Art Museum from Gloria Middeldorf

1983–1987, Estate of Ulrich Middelorf (c/o Gloria Middeldorf), Florence, Italy

after 1916–1983, Collection of Ulrich Middeldorf (1901–1983), Florence, Italy [1]

Notes:

[1] Per 1981 inventory of the Middeldorf estate in donor files. Middeldorf owned twenty-eight of Vogler’s drawings and prints; the details of their acquisition remain unknown at this time. Former Indiana University Art Museum director Heidi Gealt has stated that, to the best of her recollection, the two men were friends (as per email correspondence with Gealt from August 1, 2022).


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"Seated Man | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=87.26.4.18