Franz Marc (German, 1880–1916)

Horses Resting (Ruhende Pferde)

Date:

1911

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 6 5/8 x 9 1/16" (16.8 x 23 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 3/4" (28.6 x 40 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid Japan.

Publisher:

Verlag Der Sturm, Berlin

Printer:

The artist

Edition:

approx. 3 impressions, printed in black; an unknown number of impressions (approx. 10-15), printed in color [this ex.]; 10 signed and numbered, printed in color, published by Verlag Der Sturm, Berlin; an unknown number, printed in black, in the periodical Der Sturm, vol. 3, no. 146/147 (February 1913); plus a posthumous edition of 30 issued by Otto Stangl, Munich, and printed by Gerhard Köhler, Baden-Baden, in 1984

Credit Line:

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Reference:

Schardt VII-1912-1. Lankheit 825/1. Söhn 53928-1. Rifkind 1823.

MoMA Number:

416.1940

Themes:

Nature, Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut