Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Ox Drivers (Ochsentreiber)

Date:

1921, printed 1922

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition (irreg. ): 8 7/8 x 11 11/16" (22.5 x 29.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 5/16 x 16 1/8" (28.8 x 41 cm)

Paper:

Beige, smooth, laid.

Publisher:

The artist

Printer:

The artist or unknown printer, Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar

Edition:

unknown (approx. 10), on Japan and "Bütten" [this ex.]; plus an unknown number, reprinted by Richard von Sichowsky after c. 1949 from the broken block, on Japan paper

Credit Line:

Purchase

Copyright:

© 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany

Reference:

Lammek H34.

MoMA Number:

500.1949

Techniques:

Woodcut