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Maker(s):Grützke, Johannes
Culture:German (1937 - )
Title:Die kostbare Fracht mid bloßsen Füßen durch glühende Kohlen tragen.... from Vierzig Steinzeichnungen
Date Made:1985
Type:Print/Portfolio
Materials:lithograph and letterpress printed in black on thick, moderately textured, white paper
Place Made:Germany; Berlin
Measurements:sheet: 19 9/16 in x 23 11/16 in; 49.7 cm x 60.2 cm; plate: 14 15/16 in x 19 in; 37.9 cm x 48.3 cm
Narrative Inscription:  edition in pencil at lower left: 20 - 25, signature in pencil at lower center: JOHANNES GRÜTZKE, date in pencil at lower right: 1985
Accession Number:  SC 2012.69.3.15
Credit Line:Gift of Katrina M. Carye, class of 1971
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
on left plate nude male in landscape kneeling with legs apart; second nude figure lies face down with head in hands between first male's legs; kneeling man sticks sword into back of man between his legs; on right plate man with whip in proper right hand and proper left arm around a wounded man seated on a cot; wounded man's legs covered with blanket; proper right hand holds proper left leg of standing man while proper left hands holds pen for writing on paper on his lap; nurse in background to the right holds cloth covered tray

Subjects:
Lithography; letterpress copies

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