Ant | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR63.144
People: 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: print
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: 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
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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

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BR63.144: Ant