BR63.144: Ant
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR63.144
- People
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Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
- Title
- Ant
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Ameise
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1949-1950
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/164700
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
- Technique
- Woodcut
- Dimensions
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block: 4.1 x 2.5 cm (1 5/8 x 1 in.)
sheet: 27.3 x 19.1 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Lammek H484.29
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
- 1963
- Object Number
- BR63.144
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Woodcut from Marck's illustrations for Aesop's Fables used as letterhead. Letter from Gerhard Marcks to Lyonel Feininger dated 25 December 1950. Text of letter in blue ink, signed on verso at u.r.: Gerhard Marcks.
Subjects and Contexts
- The Bauhaus
Verification Level
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