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Object Timeline

1961

  • Work on this object began.

1962

  • Work on this object ended.

1980

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Greeting Card, 'Was Never Such a Gathering of Beasts,' From the Heritage Press Edition of J. W. Goethe's "Reynard the Fox" Printed from the Original Wood Block for the Friends of the Eichenbergs with All Good Wishes for a Much Happier 1962

This is a Greeting card. It is dated 1961 and we acquired it in 1980. Its medium is woodblock print in black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Fritz Eichnberg

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Greeting Card, 'Was Never Such a Gathering of Beasts,' From the Heritage Press Edition of J. W. Goethe's "Reynard the Fox" Printed from the Original Wood Block for the Friends of the Eichenbergs with All Good Wishes for a Much Happier 1962; woodblock print in black ink; Gift of Unknown Donor; 1980-32-1771

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