The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13 / Alfred Kubin

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2007/2.118
Title
The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13
Artist
Alfred Kubin
Artist Nationality
Austrian
Artist Life Dates
1877-1959
Medium and Support
graphite on wove paper
Object Creation Date
1940
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Austria (nation)
Oberösterreich (state)
Zwickledt
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Austria (nation)
Creation Place 3
Oberösterreich (state)
Creation Place 4
Zwickledt
Inscription
RECTO. Signed by artist in pencil, lower right: AK
Inscribed in pencil, bottom right corner: Entwerf J-- / die Bremer Stadtmusikanten [kkr: entwerf = sketch in German]
Dimensions
39.69 cm x 31.75 cm (15 5/8 in. x 12 1/2 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Drawing
Primary Object Type
prepatory drawing
Physical Description
To the right, four animals - a donkey, goat, cat, and rooster - appear stacked upon one another in a barely sketched-in window. On the left side, four figures sit at what appears to be a meal in a dinning room, with a soup tureen and various dishes. The image is hastily sketched and few details are absolutely readable, other than basic shapes.
Subject Matter
Illustrates the moment in the folktale The Bremen Town Musicians, when the four animals - the donkey, sheep, cat, and rooster - appear in the window of a home and frighten the invading robbers so much that the robbers desert their gold.
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2210 x 2729
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Record
2007/2.118
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"The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten), preparatory drawing for print, "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten," in Alfred Kubin, Abenteuer einer Zeichenfeder (Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1941) #13; Alfred Kubin." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.118/2007_2.118.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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