Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Orpheus in the Underworld (Orpheus in der Unterwelt) from the portfolio Orpheus: 10 Woodcuts on the Verses of Ovid (10 Holzschnitte zu den Versen des Ovid)

Date:

(1947, published in 1948)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 7 9/16 x 9 5/16" (19.2 x 23.7 cm); sheet: 18 1/4 x 13 11/16" (46.3 x 34.7 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Hauswedell & Co., Hamburg

Printer:

Richard von Sichowsky, Landeskunstschule, Hamburg

Edition:

150 [this ex. possibly a proof]; plus 16 hors-commerce on Japan with two extra prints and a sheet with a poem by Rilke

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Delbanco

Copyright:

© 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany

Reference:

Lammek H180-7.

MoMA Number:

35.1961

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Woodcut