Franz Marc
Schopfungsgeschichte II (Genesis II)

Schopfungsgeschichte II (Genesis II)

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Schopfungsgeschichte II (Genesis II)
ArtistGerman, 1880–1916
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Schopfungsgeschichte II (Genesis II)
Date1914
PlaceGermany
MediumWoodcut in colors on Japanese paper
DimensionsBlock: 9 3/8 × 7 15/16 in. (23.8 × 20.2 cm)
 Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (45.1 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number39.113
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryMiss Ima Hogg, Inwood Manor, Houston, October 18, 1965.

"German Expressionist," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, mid February–mid April, 1977.

"Expressionism, Sight and Sound," Sewall Hall Gallery, Rice University, Houston, January 28–February 27, 1987.

"How Modern Art Escaped Hitler: From the Holocaust to Houston," Holocaust Museum Houston, April 3–July 31, 2003.

"Miss Ima Hogg: A Woman of Vision," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 21-June 12, 2005.

"Going with the Grain: Woodcuts from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 31–April 19, 2009.

"Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 27–November 3, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image a rectangular blind stamp
Catalogue raisonnéLankheit 843

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