THE COLLECTION
Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)
Cicada (Zikade) and Ant (Ameise) (in-text plates, page 28) from Tierfabeln des Aesop (Aesop's Fables)
- Author:
- Aesop
- Date:
- (1950, print executed 1949-50)
- Medium:
- Two from an illustrated book with thirty-five woodcuts (including woodcut cover, title page and ornamental initials)
- Dimensions:
- composition (cicada, irreg.): 1 1/4 x 1" (3.2 x 2.6 cm); composition (ant, irreg.): 1 5/8 x 1" (4.1 x 2.6 cm); page: 13 x 9 1/16" (33 x 23 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Grillen-Presse, Hamburg
- Printer:
- Richard von Sichowsky, Hamburg
- Edition:
- 1st edition: 175 (including 50 on white "Hahnemühle-Bütten," bound in half-parchment; 100 on cream "Hahnemühle-Bütten," unbound in "Bütten" cover [this ex.]; and 25 hors-commerce); 2nd edition, 1980: 700
- Credit Line:
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany
- Reference:
- Lammek H.484-28 (cicada). Lammek H.484-29 (ant).
- MoMA Number:
- 305.1950.17
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects, Nature
- Techniques:
- Woodcut