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Franz Marc

Antilope (The Antelope), 1912

Description

Maker

  • Franz Marc, 1880-1916, German

Title

Antilope (The Antelope)

Year

1912

Medium

Gouache and watercolor on paper mounted on board

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gouache,
  • watercolor

Supports

  • paper | board

Dimensions

35.6 x 43.8 cm (14 x 17 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in LR:M.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

38.135

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange

From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Dreams and Nightmares

November 5, 2004 - January 23, 2005

Marc dreamed of a spiritual unity in art expressed through color, symbolism, and increasing abstraction. The contours and markings of the dreaming antelope echo the forms of the landscape, emphasizing the innocence of the creature, far removed from urban life.

Under the National Socialist government, Marc’s work was declared “degenerate,” and Antelope was seized by the government from the state collection of the Landesmuseum, Hannover. Because the Landesmuseum collection was owned by the government, this seizure and sale was a legal transaction. In 1938, risd Museum Director Alexander Dorner, who had first bought this painting while director of the Landesmuseum, purchased it for the second time in his career, on this occasion for RISD.

"The Center Cannot Hold"

March 1 - July 1, 1999

Expressionist Visions

December 4, 1992 - January 24, 1993

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings

June 20 - August 16, 1986

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University

February 16 - April 2, 1967

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