THE COLLECTION
Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)
The Leader (Der Anführer) (plate, page 17) from The Tower of Babel
- Author:
- Thomas Merton
- Date:
- 1957 (print executed 1956)
- Medium:
- Woodcut from an illustrated book with four woodcuts and one woodcut title page
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 8 3/8 x 6" (21.3 x 15.3 cm); page: 14 3/4 x 10 3/8" (37.5 x 26.4 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.487-4.
- MoMA Number:
- 475.1990.2
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects
- Techniques:
- Woodcut