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The Owls

1921
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Owls
  • Series/Portfolio: Bauhaus Drucke Neue Europaeische Graphik, Portfolio 1:8
  • Artist: Gerhard Marcks (German, Berlin 1889–1981 Burgbrohl)
  • Publisher: Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar (1919–1925)
  • Publisher: Müller Co. Verlag, Potsdam
  • Date: 1921
  • Medium: Woodcut
  • Dimensions: image: 11 1/16 x 9 5/16 in. (28.1 x 23.6 cm)
    sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 in. (38.4 x 28 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982
  • Object Number: 1984.1203.190(8)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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