(Legend of the Animals); Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Lankheit 831-3. Published in 1919 for Genius. Image size: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (198 x 240mm). This is a very richly inked impression printed on wove paper. Signed in the plate (not by hand).This print is from GENIUS: Zeitschrift fur Werdende und Alte Kunst, a deluxe art revue founded in 1919 in the aftermath of The First World War. Europe was devastated by the War, both physically and psychologically, and Expressionist art was attempting to create a new artistic idiom. From the first (and rarest) year of Genius; one does not see many original Franz Marc prints on the market.
"Beduinenlied" Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in 1917 and published in Munich in an edition of 110 by Franz Hanfstaengl for the rare "Stella Peregrina" portfolio. Image size: 10 inches round (255 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a larger support sheet. Not signed.
"Nur ein Leben" Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in 1917 and published in Munich in an edition of 110 by Franz Hanfstaengl for the rare "Stella Peregrina" portfolio. Image size: 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches (115 x 120 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a larger support sheet. Not signed.
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in Paris in 1962 for Derrière le Miroir for "Der Blaue Reiter" issue (No. 133-134) and published by the atelier Maeght. Sheet size: 15 x 22 inches (380 x 560 mm). There is a center fold and text on the back side, as published. Signed in the plate (not by hand).
Medium: collotype (after the drawing). Printed in 1917 and published in Munich in an edition of 110 by Franz Hanfstaengl for the rare "Stella Peregrina" portfolio. Image size: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (210 x 163 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a larger support sheet. Not signed.
Medium: collotype (after the drawing). The German title is Indische Weisheit. Printed in 1917 and published in Munich in an edition of 110 by Franz Hanfstaengl for the rare "Stella Peregrina" portfolio. Image size: 6 x 5 5/8 inches (155 x 143 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a larger support sheet. Not signed.
"Die Höllenfahrt der Ishtar" Medium: collotype (after the drawing). Printed in 1917 and published in Munich in an edition of 110 by Franz Hanfstaengl for the rare "Stella Peregrina" portfolio. Image size: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches (210 x 145 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a larger support sheet. Not signed.
Medium: collotype (after the drawing). The German title is Schweigen. Printed in 1917 and published in Munich in an edition of 110 by Franz Hanfstaengl for the rare "Stella Peregrina" portfolio. Image size: 5 3/8 x 4 inches (135 x 98 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a larger support sheet. Not signed.