BR74.15: Genesis I, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR74.15

People

Franz Marc, German (Munich, Germany 1880 - 1916 Verdun, France)

Title

Genesis I, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Schöpfungsgeschichte I, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik III: Deutsche Künstler"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1914 (printed 1921)

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222070

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on thin cream Japanese paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

image: 24 x 20 cm (9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
sheet: 35.2 x 25.1 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in block at l.l.: M
• blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
• stamp: on verso at l.l., blue ink, German: Handdruck vom Originalholzstock bestätigt:
• inscription: on verso at l.l., graphite, handwritten: Maria Marc [following the stamp]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Lankheit 842; Wingler III/9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius

Accession Year

1974

Object Number

BR74.15

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Franz Marc and the Blue Rider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/08/2001 - 07/15/2001

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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