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Plaster Cast after the Design for the First Mask on the Garden Facade of the Kunsthalle Basel
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The plaster model is a design for one of the six sandstone masks for the Kunsthalle Basel. The grotesque masks, which Arnold Böcklin carved in collaboration with the sculptor Emil Meier, formed the keystones of the six window arches on the garden facade. In the Kunstmuseum Basel, four further designs for the masks are kept (Inv. P 4 b to P 4 e) as well as plaster casts taken from the six original masks (Inv. P 119 to P 124).
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionCredit lineGipsabguss nach dem Entwurf zur ersten Maske an der Gartenfassade der Kunsthalle Basel. 1871. Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901). Kunstmuseum Basel, Prof. Dr. Fritz Burckhardt-Brenner. Public domain.
