Nürenberg (1929): Art, History and Details

Nürenberg (1929) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Edwin Kaufman (American, 1906–1939).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Although today known for its connection to World War II, Nuremburg, Germany, was attractive to artists during the 1920s due to its importance to the history of printing. Edwin Kaufman ignored the city entirely in this lithograph and instead illustrated a woman walking. Her practical attire and large baskets recall the city’s past, which Kaufman may have aimed to exaggerate by removing his subject’s modernized surroundings.

Object facts

• Title: Nürenberg
• Date: 1929
• Creator attribution: Edwin Kaufman (American, 1906–1939)
• Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Dimensions: Platemark: 16.5 x 9.2 cm (6 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1942.917

A detail from the museum

This print won third prize in lithography at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 1930 May Show.

Collection credit

Gift of Robert Hays Gries

Further reading listed by the museum

• Edwin Kaufman Entry Card to 1930 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.

View the collection record

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