Accession No

6559

Brief Description

two Vererbung anthropological wallcharts, “Heredity”, by Bruno K. Schultz, German, c. 1935

Origin

Germany; Munich

Maker

Schultz, Bruno K. Lehmann, J. F.

Class

prints; demonstration

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1935

Inscription Date

1935

Material

cloth (canvas); wood; paint

Dimensions

[6559.1] 770mm (length) x 65mm (depth) x 65mm [6559.2] 1125mm (length) x 75mm (depth) x 75mml

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Dorotheum Auction House, Palais Dorotheum, A-1010 Wien, Dorotheergasse 17, Austria, on or before 01/11/2010. Antique Scientific Instruments and Models sale, 20/10/2010, lot no. 222, also included objects 65589.1 6558.2, 6558.3; 6560.

Inscription

[6559.1] (on outside of chart) A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn
Wien
Shultz
Vererbung 4
44
849/T203
Fass (..illegible?) form
einfachkreuzung
[6559.2] (on outside of chart) A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn
Wien
Shultz
vererbung 7
47
852/T206
einfachkreuzung
zustandekommen? D. geschlechtes

Description Notes

Two Vererbung anthropological wall charts, “Heredity”, by Bruno K. Schultz, German, c. 1935.

[6559.1] Anthropological wallchart titled“Verebung der Haarform beim Menschen” (the hair in human form), by Bruno K. Schultz. Subtitled, “Vereinfachte Darstellung mit Annahme nur eines Anlagenpaares für Haarform” (simplified representation of a system with just the couple’s inherited hair styles). Depicts the inheritance of hair styles (curly, wavy, straight) through four generations.

When rolled up, top has various labels. The originals read:
A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn
Wien
Shultz
Vererbung 4 (original print)
Later labels have been added:
44
849/T203 (blue biro & additional label “T203”)
Fass(? Illegible) form (ink pen)
einfachkreuzung Haare (black biro)

Published by J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, München.
Has string attached to hang when unrolled, as well as another to assist storage on the bottom piece of wood. Another black string can be used to secure the roll.
Join between canvas and top wooden rod has been reinforced with additional tape, some wear from string, where chart has been tied up in a roll.


[6559.2] “Zustandekommen des Geschlechts und Vererbung einer Anlage” (Conclusion of sex and inheritance of a system (?)) wallchart, by Bruno K. Schultz. Subtitled “die an den geschlechtsbestimmenden Erbträger (Chromoson) (x gebunden ist z. B. Rot-grün Blindheit oder Bluterkrankheit” (the sex-determining genetic material (chromosones) are bound to (x as red-green blindness or hemophilia)). Diagram demonstrates inheritance of genetic qualities over three generations.

When rolled up, top has various labels. The originals read:
A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn
Wien
Shultz
vererbung 7 (original print)

Later labels have been added:
47
852/T206 (blue biro) (additional label “T206”)
einfachkreuzung (black biro)
zustandekommen? D. geschlechtes (black ink pen)

Published by J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, München.
Has string attached to hang when unrolled, as well as another to assist storage on the bottom piece of wood. Another black string can be used to secure the roll.

Condition: good/fair; complete4

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