Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Singing Orpheus (Singender Orpheus) 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: 11 1/8 x 6" (28.3 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 18 1/16 x 13 5/8" (45.9 x 34.6 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, 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 H180-4.

MoMA Number:

37.1961

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Woodcut