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Snake

1949-1950

Artists

Gerhard MarcksArtist

Description

Woodcut from Marck's illustrations for Aesop's Fables used as letterhead. Letter from Gerhard Marcks to Lyonel Feininger dated 12 June 1950. Text of letter in black ink, signed on verso at l.r.: Gerhard Marcks. Printed upside down from what is illustrated in the Hauswedell cat. rais.

Classification

Prints

Technique

Woodcut

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

image: 2 x 8.7 cm (13/16 x 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 27.4 x 19.3 cm (10 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.)

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