BR71.43: Völund Takes Off Laughing, from the portfolio "The Lay of Völund from the Elder Edda"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR71.43

People

Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)

Title

Völund Takes Off Laughing, 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: Lachend hob sich in die Luft Wölundr, aus "Das Wielandslied der aelteren Edda"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1923

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222326

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on tan wove paper, mounted to tan card

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 19.9 x 14.6 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
mount: 35 x 29.4 cm (13 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
sheet: 28.1 x 21.8 cm (11 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at l.r.: [monogram] 1923
• (not assigned): lower margin of mount, in graphite: Ha E68-315j
• inscription: l.r., graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: [monogram] 1923 / X

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Lammek H77.10

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

BR71.43

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

Related Works

• BR71.34.-43

  Gerhard Marcks

  The Lay of Völund from the Elder Edda

  Prints

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