Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Vampire (Vampir)

Date:

(1948)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 8 11/16 x 8 15/16" (22 x 22.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/16 x 11 1/16" (38.5 x 28.1 cm)

Paper:

White, slightly textured, wove.

Publisher:

The artist, Hamburg

Printer:

Richard von Sichowsky, Hamburg

Edition:

state I: unknown (very few impressions); state II: approx. 27 (approx. 10, printed on "Bütten" or Japan in 1948, and 17 on "Bütten" paper, printed in 1949 [this ex., on "Bütten"])

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus

Copyright:

© 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany

Reference:

Lammek H196.

MoMA Number:

676.1956

Techniques:

Woodcut