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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR63.145
People
Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title
Fox
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Fuchs
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1949-1950
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165100

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
image: 5.1 x 6.3 cm (2 x 2 1/2 in.)
sheet: 27.4 x 19 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Lammek H484.32

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
BR63.145
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 19 December 1950. Text of letter in blue ink, signed on verso at l.r.: Gerhard Marcks.

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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