THE COLLECTION
Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading)
- Author:
- Oscar Wilde (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills)
- Date:
- 1963 (Woodcuts executed 1907)
- Medium:
- Illustrated book with twelve line block reproductions after woodcuts
- Dimensions:
- Page: 11 9/16 x 8 1/4" (29.4 x 21 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Ernest Rathenau, New York
- Printer of Plates:
- Wilhelm Riegger, Karlsruhe
- Printer of Text:
- Buchdruckerei Brüder Hartmann, West-Berlin
- Edition:
- 600 (numbered 1-600)
- Credit Line:
- Monroe Wheeler Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Erich Heckel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany
- Reference:
- Lang 34. Original woodcuts Dube (H)120-131 and Rifkind 1010-1 - 1010-12.
- MoMA Number:
- 171.1965.1-12
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects
- Techniques:
- Reproductive processes