Genesis II
1914
- Medium
- color woodcut
- Dimensions
- 24 × 20.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-539478
Like other members of Der Blaue Reiter in Munich, Franz Marc focused on depicting animals, which symbolized joyous rebirth. Genesis II was made to illustrate the creation story in the book of Genesis; he planned to include it in an illustrated Bible. Here, three horses emerge from a background of chaos and movement. His Tiger is less joyous and more threatening than the bounding horses; with clenched teeth, the tiger leers toward a cowering animal behind it. After enthusiastically enlisting in the German army, Marc died in battle at Verdun, France, on March 4, 1916. His wartime death—and that…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1959.228
Registry history
- 1914 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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