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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.193
People
Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title
Medal Europe on the bull
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Plakette Europa auf dem Stier
Former Title: Europa
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, relief
Date
1954
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223219

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze relief
Technique
Relief
Dimensions
15.9 x 17.8 cm (6 1/4 x 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: artist's monogram at l.l.
  • inscription: l.l.: 8/20
  • inscription: u.r.: 1955

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galerie Rudolf Hoffmann], sold; Private Collection, 1957, gift; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
8/20
Standard Reference Number
Rudloff 619b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous Gift
Copyright
© Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.193
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Günter Busch, Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Propyläen Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 1977), p. 376, cat. no. 619b, b/w ill.

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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