Orpheus: 10 Woodcuts on the Verses of Ovid (10 Holzschnitte zu den Versen des Ovid)

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Orpheus: 10 Woodcuts on the Verses of Ovid (10 Holzschnitte zu den Versen des Ovid)

1947; published 1948

Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981) Written by Ovid (Roman, 43 BCE– 17 CE) Printed by Richard von Sichowsky (German, 1911–1975) Published by Dr. Ernst Hauswedel and Co., Hamburg

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Object Details

Titles:

Orpheus: 10 Woodcuts on the Verses of Ovid (10 Holzschnitte zu den Versen des Ovid)

Date:

1947; published 1948

Artists:

Gerhard Marcks (German, 1889–1981) Written by Ovid (Roman, 43 BCE– 17 CE) Printed by Richard von Sichowsky (German, 1911–1975) Published by Dr. Ernst Hauswedel and Co., Hamburg

Medium:

Portfolio of ten woodcuts relating to Ovid's poems

Dimensions:

Cover: 19 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 3/8 inches (49.2 × 41.6 × 1 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1974

Accession Number:

1974-179-124--133

Geography:

Made in Hamburg, Germany, Europe

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