Ernst Barlach

Der Findling (The Foundling)

1922 (prints executed 1921)

Illustrated book with twenty line block reproductions after woodcuts, one line block reproduction after drawing on title page, and one line block reproduction after drawing (duplicate of title page) on front cover

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Weyhe Gallery, New York; sold to the Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, 1945; transferred from the Library to the Print Department, 1949

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Author Ernst Barlach
Medium Illustrated book with twenty line block reproductions after woodcuts, one line block reproduction after drawing on title page, and one line block reproduction after drawing (duplicate of title page) on front cover
Dimensions composition (irreg.): 3 3/4 x 5 5/16" (9.6 x 13.5 cm); page (each): 12 3/16 x 9 1/4" (31 x 23.5 cm); overall: 12 1/2 x 9 7/16 x 5/16" (31.7 x 24 x 0.8 cm)
Publisher Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Printer F. A. Lattmann, Goslar
Edition Popular edition: approx. 1000 [this ex.]; Deluxe edition with original woodcuts and supplementary suite: 80
Credit Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Object number 564.1949.1-20
Department Drawings and Prints

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