Knight with Shephards | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR54.129
People: Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title: Knight with Shephards
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Reiter bei den Hirten
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1923 (printed 1924)
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/223824

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 28.9 x 20.1 cm (11 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
sheet: 41 x 28.6 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: [monogram] 1924
inscription: l.l., graphite, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Reiter bei den Hirten / für Lyonel Feininger! / Gerhard Marcks. 1925

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Lammek H114

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lyonel Feininger
Accession Year: 1954
Object Number: BR54.129
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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