Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)

Cats (Die Katzen) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 1st Portfolio: Masters of the State Bauhaus, Weimar , 1921 (Neue europäische Graphik, 1. Mappe: Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar , 1921)

Date:

1921

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 9 3/8 x 15 3/16" (23.8 x 38.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 15 3/16 x 21 3/4" (38.5 x 55.2 cm)

Paper:

Beige, slightly textured, wove.

Publisher:

Müller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam

Printer:

Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar

Edition:

110 (including a deluxe edition of 10 on Japan and a regular edition of 100 on various German papers [this ex.]); plus 20 artist's proofs; plus 31 on Japan, reprinted in 1970

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus

Copyright:

© 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany

Reference:

Lammek H27. Söhn 101-7.

MoMA Number:

247.1955

Techniques:

Woodcut