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Fraktur (Religious broadside)
Adam and Eve in Paradise
Durs Rudy Jr., Durs Rudy Sr.
1804-1840
Category
Works on Paper
Creator/Artist/Maker
Durs Rudy Jr. (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lehigh or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1955.0037 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1955.0037 A
Object Name
Fraktur (Religious broadside)
Title
Adam and Eve in Paradise
Category
Works on Paper
Creator (Role)
Durs Rudy Jr. (Artist); Durs Rudy Sr. (Artist)
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lehigh or Montgomery; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Durs Rudy Sr. and Jr. arrived in Pennsylvania on October 9, 1803. They lived in Montgomery County until 1806, when they moved to Lehigh County.
Date
1804-1840
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Adam and Eve
- Biblical scene
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Woodblock
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
7.9 (H) x 9.6 (W) x 7.9 (Image H) x 9.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20 (H) x 24.5 (W) x 20 (Image H) x 24.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at mid section.
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published as pl. 34.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 1997 Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners. 2 vols. 909.
• Published on p. 658. For more info. on Rudy, see pp. 656-658.Article: Wertkin, Gerald C. 1993 "The Watercolors of Durs Rudy: New Discoveries in Fraktur". Folk Art. 18 (2): 33-39.
Book: Hershey, Mary Jane Lederach. 2003 This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836.
• Adam and Eve drawing by Durs Rudy owned by Ursinus College is pictured on p. 123.Book: Katcher, Jane, et al. 2007 Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana.
• Adam and Eve drawing by Durs Rudy pictured on p. 274.Book: Bird, Michael S. 2002 O Noble Heart: Fraktur and Spirituality in Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• Published as fig. 63, on p. 71.Article: Pieska, Christa. 1989 "The European Origins of Four Pennsylvania German Broadsheet Themes: Adam and Eve; The New Jerusalem-the Broad and Narrow Way; The Unjust Judgement; the Stages fo Life". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 23 (1): 6-32.
Book: Weiser, Frederick S. 1973 Fraktur: Pennsylvania German Folk Art.
• related example by Rudy pictured on p. 96.