October 2, 2012

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 2860

Post Type: Article

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Artist or Author: Gustav Marx

Creation Year: 1890

Height: 16 inches

Width: 12 inches

Summay:

Newspaper print from 1890s, showing Bismarck, probably on his estate, talking to a boy whose kite has strayed onto the property. Kite is a diamond with tail but could be a bowed, Eddy-style kite. Print is signed by Gustav Marx, the artist and by R. Brendamour, the engraver.

Geographic: Germany

Kite Type: Bowed, Flat

Materials: Paper

Significance: Cultural, Historical

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