Franz Marc
Tierlegende (Animal Legend)

ArtistGerman, 1880–1916
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Tierlegende (Animal Legend)
Date1912
PlaceGermany
MediumWoodcut on Japanese paper
DimensionsBlock: 7 13/16 × 9 3/8 in. (19.8 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 13 5/8 in. (24.6 × 34.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number39.112
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryHouston Symphony Society,Music Hall, Houston, TX, October 18—26, 1965.

"German Expressionist," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, mid February - mid April, 1977. (LN:77.2)

"Expressionism, Sight and Sound," Sewall Hall Gallery, Rice University, Houston TX, January 28—February 27, 1987, (LN:87.18)

"Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery, January 31—April 19, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: F.

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, center bottom edge: [symbol] 83

Verso: Inscribed in graphite: left bottom edge: [illegible]

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center bottom edge: .T

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: Tierlegende

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right bottom edge: [illegible]
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Catalogue raisonnéLakheit 831

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