Orpheus Mourning, No. 7 from the Orpheus Series / Gerhard Marcks

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Accession Number: 1964/1.113
Title: Orpheus Mourning, No. 7 from the Orpheus Series
Artist: Gerhard Marcks
Artist Nationality: German
Artist Life Dates: 1889-1981
Medium and Support: woodcut on paper
Object Creation Date: 1948
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
Inscription: Signed, in pencil, l.r.: G Marcks Blind stamp, l.r. corner: 7
Dimensions: 34.3 cm x 20.6 cm (13 1/2 in. x 8 1/8 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: expressionism; nudes; seated
Secondary Keywords: figures; modern and contemporary art; movement; people and occupations
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 874 x 1252
File Size: 148 KB
Record: 1964/1.113
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-1.113/1964_1.113.jpg

In public portfolios: All artists in the degenerate art show (313); Artists of the Bauhaus (44); Greco-Roman mythology (116); Greek cultural influence (140); Post-WWII German Abstraction (74); The Divine Comedy (143)

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Full citation: "Orpheus Mourning, No. 7 from the Orpheus Series; Gerhard Marcks." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-1.113/1964_1.113.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.