Franz Marc
Ruhende Pferde (Resting Horses)

ArtistGerman, 1880–1916
Publisher1912 - 1924
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Ruhende Pferde (Resting Horses)
Date1911–1912, printed 1916
Published inBerlin, Germany
MediumWoodcut in in black, blue, and green on Japanese paper
DimensionsBlock: 6 5/8 × 9 1/16 in. (16.8 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 11 1/2 in. (25.4 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2011.211
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Rise of Modernism: Europe and America," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Signed in graphite, center bottom edge: Maria Marc
Verso: Signed in graphite, center bottom edge: Maria Marc
Verso: Stamp in faded ink, left bottom edge: [illegible, possibly estate stamp]
Catalogue raisonnéLangheit 825

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