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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR71.39
People
Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title
Who Chained the Free Man?, from the portfolio "The Lay of Völund from the Elder Edda"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Lay of Völund from the Elder Edda
Original Language Title: Wer fesselte den freien Mann, aus "Das Wielandslied der aelteren Edda"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1923
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222325

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on tan wove paper, mounted to tan card
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 20.1 x 15 cm (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
mount: 35 x 29.4 cm (13 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
sheet: 28.2 x 22 cm (11 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: [monogram] 1923
  • (not assigned): lower margin of mount, in graphite: H E68-315f
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: [monogram] 1923 / VI

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Lammek H77.6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Selma Sobin Fund
Copyright
© Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
BR71.39
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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