Drummers | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR55.15
People: Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title: Drummers
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Trommler; Stadttrommler
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1921
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/223394

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white wove paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 30.9 x 15.6 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
sheet: 40.8 x 31.1 cm (16 1/16 x 12 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: [monogram] 1921
inscription: l.c., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Trommler

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Lammek H41

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum Purchase
Accession Year: 1955
Object Number: BR55.15
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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BR55.15: Drummers