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The Witch's Kitchen, from Faust by Goethe, 1932, 1933

  • woodcut, paper
  • 314 x 237 mm
  • Inv. 2009-AG

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The woodcut Witch's Kitchen is based on a scene from Goethe's Faust and first appeared in 1932. In 1933, the print was reprinted as a supplement to the magazine Kunst.

Artist

Jozef Cantré RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1890 - Ghent 1957
woodcutters (printmakers)AAT

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Frankfurt am Main 1749 - Weimar 1832
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Title The Witch's Kitchen, from Faust by Goethe
Date 1932
1933
Period 20th century
Medium and support woodcut AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings monogram printed in the representation, bottom left: JOZ / C
inscription outside the depitction, top left, printed: Bijvoegsel "KUNST" Nr. 1, 1933.
inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: JZEF CANTRE. - HEKSENKEUKEN. / (uit Faust van Goethe), oorspr. houtsnede.
Collection print room
Object type woodcut AAT
Inventory number 2009-AG
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5815/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300263554 animal paintings AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 13B witchcraft, sorcery Iconclass
13B3 witches' sabbath, i.e. ceremonial gathering of witches and/or sorcerers Iconclass
25F animals Iconclass
25F2 mammals Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
34B1 domestic animals, kept in the house Iconclass
34B12 cat Iconclass
41C21 kitchen Iconclass
41C211 kitchen-interior Iconclass
47I2112 cow Iconclass
83(GOETHE, Faust) (scenes from) specific works of literature: Goethe, Faust Iconclass
School / Style Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
Jozef Cantré : houtsnijder / Marnix Gijsen. - Brussel : Uitgever Nebe, 1937 (s.p.)
Jozef Cantré : Beeldhouwwerk - houtsneden - tekeningen ; catalogus tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 3 tot 17 februari 1952 / André De Ridder. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1952 (s.p.)
L' oeuvre gravé de Jozef Cantré (exposition Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royal de Belgique Albert Ier, 06.02 - 21.03.1959) / Louis Lebeer, Marie Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Lydia De Pauw-De Veen. - Bruxelles : Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique Albert Ier, 1959 (p. 22, nr. 92)
Les Cinq : Jan Cantré, Jozef Cantré, Frans Masereel, Joris Minne, Henri van Straten (Ausstellung Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, 28.11.1968 - 19.1.1969) / Hans Ebert, Gudrun Schmidt. - Berlin : Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1968 (p. 16)
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