Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Cicada (Zikade) and Ant (Ameise) (in-text plates, page 28) from Tierfabeln des Aesop (Aesop's Fables)

Author:

Aesop

Date:

(1950, print executed 1949-50)

Medium:

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

Dimensions:

composition (cicada, irreg.): 1 1/4 x 1" (3.2 x 2.6 cm); composition (ant, irreg.): 1 5/8 x 1" (4.1 x 2.6 cm); page: 13 x 9 1/16" (33 x 23 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

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.484-28 (cicada). Lammek H.484-29 (ant).

MoMA Number:

305.1950.17

Themes:

Literary Subjects, Nature

Techniques:

Woodcut