THE COLLECTION
Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981)
Owl (Eule) and Birds II (Vögel II) (headpiece and in-text plate, page 14) from Tierfabeln des Aesop (Aesop's Fables)
- Author:
- Aesop
- Date:
- (1950, print executed 1949-50)
- Medium:
- Two from an illustrated book with thirty-five woodcuts (including woodcut cover, title page and ornamental initials)
- Dimensions:
- composition (owl, irreg.): 2 1/16 x 2 5/16" (5.2 x 5.9 cm); composition (birds, irreg.): 1 1/2 x 5 1/8" (3.8 x 13 cm); page: 13 x 9 1/16" (33 x 23 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Grillen-Presse, Hamburg
- Printer:
- Richard von Sichowsky, Hamburg
- Edition:
- 1st edition: 175 (including 50 on white "Hahnemühle-Bütten," bound in half-parchment; 100 on cream "Hahnemühle-Bütten," unbound in "Bütten" cover [this ex.]; and 25 hors-commerce); 2nd edition, 1980: 700
- Credit Line:
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Gerhard-Marcks-Stiftung, Bremen, Germany
- Reference:
- Lammek H.484-11 (owl). Lammek H.484-12 (birds).
- MoMA Number:
- 305.1950.7
- Themes:
- Literary Subjects, Nature
- Techniques:
- Woodcut