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Sleeping Shepherdess by Franz Marc

Sleeping Shepherdess

Franz Marc · 1900

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DETAILS
Artist
Franz Marc
Date
1900
Medium
Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image/block: 19.8 × 23.9 cm (7 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 41.9 × 30.9 cm (16 1/2 × 12 3/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Germany
Credit line
Gift of Joseph R. Shapiro
ART MOVEMENTS
Der Blaue ReiterDie Brucke
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THE ARTIST

Franz Marc

Franz Marc, a key figure of German Expressionism, captured the spiritual essence of animals with vibrant, symbolic colors before his untimely death in World War I.

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