Photo of collection object Eagle in a Nest (Adler auf dem Nest III) and Fox with Young Eagle (Fuchs mit Adlerjungen) (in-text plates, page 18) from Tierfabeln des Aesop (Aesop's Fables)
Marcks, Gerhard. Eagle in a Nest (Adler auf dem Nest III) and Fox with Young Eagle (Fuchs mit Adlerjungen) (in-text plates, page 18) from Tierfabeln des Aesop (Aesop's Fables), (1950, print executed 1949-50). Two from an illustrated book with thirty-five woodcuts (including woodcut cover, title page and ornamental initials), composition (eagle, irreg.): 2 3/16 x 2 3/8" (5.6 x 6 cm); composition (fox, irreg.): 1 5/16 x 4 11/16" (3.3 x 11.9 cm); page: 13 x 9 1/16" (33 x 23 cm). Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, 305.1950.10. (Photo: MoMA)
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Eagle in a Nest (Adler auf dem Nest III) and Fox with Young Eagle (Fuchs mit Adlerjungen) (in-text plates, page 18) from Tierfabeln des Aesop (Aesop's Fables)

(1950, print executed 1949-50)

Gerhard Marcks

German, 1889–1981

Drawings & Prints

Original Source
Maker/Artist
Marcks, Gerhard
Classification
Illustrated Book
Formatted Medium
Two from an illustrated book with thirty-five woodcuts (including woodcut cover, title page and ornamental initials)
Medium
from, illustrated, book, woodcuts, including, woodcut, cover, title, page, ornamental, initials
Dimensions
composition (eagle, irreg.): 2 3/16 x 2 3/8" (5.6 x 6 cm); composition (fox, irreg.): 1 5/16 x 4 11/16" (3.3 x 11.9 cm); page: 13 x 9 1/16" (33 x 23 cm)
Departments
Drawings & Prints
Accession Number
305.1950.10
Credit Line
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
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