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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR63.143
People
Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title
Snake
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Schlange
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1949-1950
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165015

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 2 x 8.7 cm (13/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
sheet: 27.4 x 19.3 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Lammek H484.7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Julia Feininger
Copyright
© Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
BR63.143
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Woodcut from Marck's illustrations for Aesop's Fables used as letterhead. Letter from Gerhard Marcks to Lyonel Feininger dated 12 June 1950. Text of letter in black ink, signed on verso at l.r.: Gerhard Marcks. Printed upside down from what is illustrated in the Hauswedell cat. rais.

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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