Woodcut. Monogrammed "M" in the woodblock. Titled "Pferd und Igel" and inscribed "Privatdruck Franz Marc" by the artist's wife Maria Marc and once more titled and inscribed "Pferd und Igel Kat. 1913/2 Privatdruck Franz Marc bestätigt Maria Marc" on the reverse. From an edition of at least 20 known copies. On fine Japan paper. 15.7 x 22.1 cm. Sheet: 24,7 x 40,3 cm.
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- From the artist's best creative phase at the time of the ""Blue Rider"" (1911-1914) - Rare. One of at least 20 known hand-made prints of this woodcut. - Horses are considered the most characteristic and probably also the most progressive motif in the artist's oeuvre. - Other copies can be found in important museum collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Sprengel Museum, Hanover.
LITERATURE: Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen, Franz Marc. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 3: Skizzenbücher und Druckgraphik, Munich 2011, catalogue raisonné no. 37 ( with illustration of another copy) - - Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 200, Modern Art I, December 5, 1994, lot 28.