Dornen vor Lictherscheinung (Thorns Before a Burst of Light); and Das Erste Flugblatt vom Lebendigen Sein (First Leaflet of Being Alive)
Artwork Details
- Title: Dornen vor Lictherscheinung (Thorns Before a Burst of Light); and Das Erste Flugblatt vom Lebendigen Sein (First Leaflet of Being Alive)
- Artist: Gustav Wolf (German, Östringen 1887–1947 Greenfield, Massachusetts)
- Publisher: Eugen Diederichs Verlag
- Date: 1918–22
- Medium: Colored woodcuts and letterpress
- Dimensions: 22 1/16 × 14 11/16 in. (56 × 37.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen W. Humeston, in memory of Franz C. Hess and Flora K. Hess, 1981
- Object Number: 1981.1050.1(1–3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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