Alfred Kubin (Austrian, 1877–1959)

Caliban from the portfolio Visions of Shakespeare (Shakespeare Visionen)

Date:

(1918)

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 12 7/8 x 10 5/8" (32.7 x 27 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 x 14 3/16" (45.2 x 36.1 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid.

Publisher:

Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich

Printer:

Oscar Consée, Munich

Edition:

200 (50 on Japan paper; 150 on handmade Bütten paper with blindstamp of the Marées-Gesellschaft [this ex.]); plus one proof

Credit Line:

Given anonymously

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

Hoberg 8. Raabe 95. Reed 336/26. Söhn 281-26. Rifkind 1676.

MoMA Number:

670.1943

Themes:

Fantasy, Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Lithography