BR56.259: The Owl, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR56.259

People

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

Title

The Owl, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar"

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Die Eule, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik, Erste Mappe: Meister d. Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1921

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/223502

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on tan wove paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 28.2 x 23.9 cm (11 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 38.5 x 27.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Gerhard Marcks 1921
• blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

AP VIII/XX

Standard Reference Number

Lammek H28; Wingler I/8

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

1956

Object Number

BR56.259

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
• Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
• The Graphic Legacy of Paul Klee, Blum Art Institute, New York, 10/24/1983 - 12/27/1983

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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