Lizards, 1912

Not on View

Medium

woodcut in black on grey-green Japanese paper

Dimensions

plate: 8.6 × 8.5 cm (3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

sheet: 18.7 × 18 cm (7 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Lankheit 1970, no. 835, State only

Accession Number

2012.92.360

Artists / Makers

Franz Marc (artist) German, 1880 - 1916

Image Use

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Inscription

Stamped on verso: Handdruck von Originalholzstock bestätigt; on verso, in graphite: Maria Marc; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 76574; N. Lugt 1179 (?)

Provenance

Maria Marc [1876-1955], Berlin (Lugt 1782b). (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 15, 2005; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Maass, Jörg
Marc, Maria

Bibliography

1970: Lankheit, Klaus. Frans Marc Katalog der Werke. Koln: Verlag M. Dumont Schauberg, 1970: no. 835, only