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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12327
People
Franz Marc, German (Munich, Germany 1880 - 1916 Verdun, France)
Title
Genesis I
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Schöpfungsgeschichte I
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1914
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255355

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed on thin Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 24 x 20 cm (9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower left corner of sheet, graphite, handwritten: number: "105"
  • stamp: verso, lower left, ink, stamp, German: Lugt 1782b in black ink: "Handdruck vom Originalholzstock beståtigt:"
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, handwritten: below Lugt 1782b, Maria Marc's signature and letters in graphite: "Maria Marc L.da"
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, ink, stamp: Lugt 1612a, stamp of the Berlin Staatl Kupferstichkabinett, 1927, with number "397" in graphite
  • blind stamp: verso, lower left, à sec, embossed: Lugt 2558b, dry stamp of the Staatliches Bauhaus

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts], gift; to Fogg Art Museum, June 11, 1949.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
S VII 1; Lankheit 842

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
M12327
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From Impressionism to the Bauhaus: German Master Prints from the Harvard Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/19/1981 - 06/29/1981
  • Cubism: Explorations and Adaptations, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/18/1982 - 10/26/1982
  • From the Realists to the Expressionists: Works on Paper by Central European Artists from 1870 to 1918, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1983 - 04/29/1983
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

Verification Level

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