THE COLLECTION
From the illustrated book
View AllGerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)
The Illustrated Book
The Tower of Babel
- Author:
- Thomas Merton
- Date:
- 1957 (prints executed 1956-1957)
- Medium:
- Illustrated book with five woodcuts and one woodcut title page
- Dimensions:
- page (each, irreg.): 14 3/4 x 10 3/8" (37.4 x 26.3 cm); overall: 15 3/16 x 10 5/8 x 3/8" (38.5 x 27 x 0.9 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove (Zanders)
- Publisher:
- New Directions Books, New York(James Laughlin)
- Printer:
- Richard von Sichowsky, Hamburg
- Edition:
- 250
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany
- Reference:
- Lammek H. 487.1-6.
- MoMA Number:
- 475.1990.1-4
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects