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Tiger

Artist Franz Marc (German, 1880-1916)

Date1912

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (317 x 352mm);
Image: 7 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (20 x 24.2 cm)

MediumWoodcut on fibrous Japan paper

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1986.12

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Label TextVassily Kandinsky said of his friend, Franz Marc, “Sometimes I felt as if even nature herself was gratified to see him. Everything in nature attracted him, but above all the animals.” Marc, a student of art and of animal anatomy, was influenced profoundly by the back- to- nature movement in Germany. Seeking a joyous union with nature, Marc believed that depicting animals brought out all that was good in him. In this print, Marc demonstrates his belief in the unity of nature by the way he integrates the camouflaging success of the tiger’s stripes as they both blend with and emerge from the natural surroundings.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Modern Woodcut, May 12, 2000 - July 23, 2000<\i>.
Toledo Museum of Art, European Expressionist and Cubist Works on Paper: 1900-1930<\i>, December 2, 2011-March 11, 2012 (University of Toledo Student Exhibition).

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor Michigan, 1989.

Toledo Museum of Art, Werner Pfeiffer Selects, Feb. 13-May 10, 2015.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Bauhaus Experiment: Art & Design from the Toledo Museum of Art, August 25, 2020-February 7, 2021.