Greeting, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR74.14
People: August Macke, German (Meschede, Germany 1887 - 1914 near Perthes-les-Hurlus, France)
Title: Greeting, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Begrüssung, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik III: Deutsche Künstler"
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1912
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/222142

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Linocut printed in black ink on beige wove paper

Technique

Linocut

Dimensions

block: 24.5 x 19.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
sheet: 38.3 x 28.1 cm (15 1/16 x 11 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, l.c., graphite, German: August Macke: Begrüssung
blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar
inscription: on verso at l.r., graphite, handwritten, German: bestätigt: Elizabeth Macke

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Winkler III/8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year: 1974
Object Number: BR74.14
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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