Medal Europe on the bull | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR58.193
People: Gerhard Marcks, German (Berlin, Germany 1889 - 1981 Burgbrohl, Germany)
Title: Medal Europe on the bull
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Plakette Europa auf dem Stier
Former Title: Europa
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, relief
Date: 1954
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/223219

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze relief

Technique

Relief

Dimensions

15.9 x 17.8 cm (6 1/4 x 7 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: artist's monogram at l.l.
inscription: l.l.: 8/20
inscription: u.r.: 1955

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Galerie Rudolf Hoffmann], sold; Private Collection, 1957, gift; Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1957

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition: 8/20
Standard Reference Number: Rudloff 619b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year: 1958
Object Number: BR58.193
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Günter Busch, Gerhard Marcks. Das plastische Werk, Propyläen Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 1977), p. 376, cat. no. 619b, b/w ill.

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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BR58.193: Medal Europe on the bull