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The Signs of the Zodiac

(German, 1898–1982)
1974
Medium/TechniqueWood engravings printed in red
DimensionsSheet: 50.7 x 33.2 cm (19 15/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Image (12 wood engravings each one): 3.7 x 5 cm (1 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Odile Weissenborn in honor of Dr. Luisa Stigol
Accession number2007.490
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLetterpress in image: The Signes of the Zodiac / wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn / One hundred copies printed by The Whittington Press, Manor Farm, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, May 1974
ProvenanceFrom the artist to his granddaughter, Odile Weissenborn; her gift to the MFA, 27 June 2007.
Two vegetable people
Hellmuth Weissenborn
mid-20th century
London Blitz
Hellmuth Weissenborn
1941
Clapham Junction
Hellmuth Weissenborn
1967
Janus (Goat-Man)
Hellmuth Weissenborn
mid-20th century
Centipede with human limbs
Hellmuth Weissenborn
mid-20th century
Mermaid with fish
Hellmuth Weissenborn
mid-20th century
Hawaiian steel guitar (style 4)
Herman C. Weissenborn
about 1926
Shadowgraphs, Plate 1
Terry Winters
2002
Shadowgraphs, Plate 2
Terry Winters
2002
Shadowgraphs, Plate 3
Terry Winters
2002
Shadowgraphs, Plate 4
Terry Winters
2002