Dolly Perutz

Die Maufalle (The Mousetrap)

n.d.

A colorful print depicting a stylized red and black figure reclining and playing a stringed instrument, with a blue and black patterned background suggesting foliage, and a fish-like creature in the lower left corner. The artwork has a textured appearance and is signed in the bottom right.

A colorful print depicting a stylized red and black figure reclining and playing a stringed instrument, with a blue and black patterned background suggesting foliage, and a fish-like creature in the lower left corner. The artwork has a textured appearance and is signed in the bottom right.

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Date
n.d.

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 6 3/4 × 9 13/16in. (17.1 × 24.9 cm) Image: 6 1/16 × 8 1/16in. (15.4 × 20.5 cm)

Accession number
2003.184.2

Edition
Ed. 7

Publication
Printed by Dolly Perutz

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Kathrin Perutz

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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Part of a series:
Illustrations to Gallows Songs by Christian Morgenstern
11 works

A colorful print depicting a stylized red and black figure reclining and playing a stringed instrument, with a blue and black patterned background suggesting foliage, and a fish-like creature in the lower left corner. The artwork has a textured appearance and is signed in the bottom right.

Dolly Perutz
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