Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Hawk with Nightingale in His Claws (Habicht mit Nachtigall in den Fängen) (headpiece, page 5) from Aesop's Fables (Tierfabeln des Aesop)

Author:

Aesop

Date:

(1950, print executed 1949-50)

Medium:

One from an illustrated book with thirty-five woodcuts (including woodcut cover, title page and ornamental initials)

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 2 13/16 x 4 3/8" (7.1 x 11.1 cm); page: 13 x 9 1/16" (33 x 23 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove (buetten).

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.484-3.

MoMA Number:

305.1950.1

Themes:

Literary Subjects, Nature

Techniques:

Woodcut