Franz Marc (German, 1880–1916)

Birth of the Wolves (Geburt der Wölfe)

Date:

(1913)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 9 13/16 x 7 3/8" (25 x 18.7 cm); sheet: 16 7/16 x 11 3/4" (41.7 x 29.8 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid Japan.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

The artist

Edition:

unknown (approx. 10-15) [this ex.]; plus a posthumous edition of 30 issued by Otto Stangl, Munich, and printed by Gerhard Köhler, Baden-Baden, in 1984

Credit Line:

Katherine S. Dreier Bequest

Reference:

Schardt VII-1913-3. Lankheit 841.

MoMA Number:

264.1953

Themes:

Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut