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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR54.129
People
Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title
Knight with Shephards
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Reiter bei den Hirten
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1923 (printed 1924)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223824

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 28.9 x 20.1 cm (11 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 41 x 28.6 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: [monogram] 1924
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Reiter bei den Hirten / für Lyonel Feininger! / Gerhard Marcks. 1925

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Lammek H114

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lyonel Feininger
Copyright
© Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
BR54.129
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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