Alfred Kubin (Austrian, 1877–1959)

The Comet (Der Komet) from Ein neuer Totentanz (A New Dance of Death)

Author:

with introduction by Werner Wachsmuth

Date:

1947 (reproduced drawing executed 1938)

Medium:

Photolithographic reproduction after pen and ink drawing

Dimensions:

Page: 16 9/16 x 11 5/8" (42 x 29.5 cm); overall: 16 5/8 x 11 15/16 x 11/16" (42.3 x 30.3 x 1.7 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Wiener Verlag, Vienna

Printer:

Leopold Hoffmann, Vienna

Edition:

5000 (including a deluxe edition of 150, signed and numbered; and a regular edition of 4850 [this ex.])

Credit Line:

The Louis E. Stern Collection

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

Horodisch D18. Raabe 644. Marks A 182.

MoMA Number:

867.1964.1

Themes:

Dance & Leisure, Death, Fantasy