Tierlegende (Animal Legend)
Franz Marc, Tierlegende (Animal Legend), 1912, woodcut on beige wove paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © artist or other rights holder, 91.84.552
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- Title
Tierlegende (Animal Legend)
- Related Titles
original language: Tierlegende
series (original language): Genius 1
translated: Animal Fable
- Artist
- Date
1912
- Medium
woodcut on beige wove paper
- Catalogue Raisonné
van Tavel 27; Lankheit 831
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 13/16 in x 9 1/2 in; sheet: 9 3/4 in x 13 1/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: Franz Marc/Aus der Tierlegnede, printed, lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
91.84.552
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
German Expressionist Franz Marc's Animal Legend depicts beasts of all stripes lying peaceably together. Marc commonly used animals as a vehicle for spiritual expression, believing that animals hold a godliness that humans have lost. The artist had devoted his work almost exclusively to the depiction of animals in nature by 1907.
- Exhibitions
2017 Kingdom Animalia: Animals in Print from Dürer to Picasso Portland Art Museum
