THE COLLECTION
Alfred Kubin (Austrian, 1877–1959)
The Quick Funeral (Das schnelle Begräbnis) from Ein neuer Totentanz (A New Dance of Death)
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- Author:
- with introduction by Werner Wachsmuth
- Date:
- 1947 (reproduced drawing executed 1938)
- Medium:
- Photolithographic reproduction after pen and ink drawing
- Dimensions:
- Page: 16 9/16 x 11 5/8" (42 x 29.5 cm); overall: 16 5/8 x 11 15/16 x 11/16" (42.3 x 30.3 x 1.7 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Wiener Verlag, Vienna
- Printer:
- Leopold Hoffmann, Vienna
- Edition:
- 5000 (including a deluxe edition of 150, signed and numbered; and a regular edition of 4850 [this ex.])
- Credit Line:
- The Louis E. Stern Collection
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Horodisch D18. Raabe 644. Marks A 182.
- MoMA Number:
- 867.1964.23
- Themes:
- Dance & Leisure, Death, Fantasy