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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- Accession Number
- 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
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism / Der Blaue Reiter
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- concepts in the arts
- eating and drinking spaces
- genres
- genres in the arts
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- people and culture
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by function
- the natural world
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2210 x 2729
- File Size
- 206 KB
- 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 June 16, 2024.