Franz Marc, ”Kleines Fabeltier I”, 1912, Watercolour and pen and black ink on thin paper, laid down on light cardboard (postcard), On the cardboard below the image of Maria Marc inscribed in pencil: Nickel-Katalog Nachlass Franz Marc – best[ätigt] Maria Marc. On the reverse with the estate stamp confirmed by Maria Marc. There too inscribed in pencil: Fabeltier, Dimension: 2 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. (3 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)/6,3 × 11,2 cm (9,2 × 14,1 cm) Provenance: Joachim and Lore Probst, Ilvesheim (received in 1943 as wedding present by Maria Marc, thence by descent to the present owner)Exhibitions: 150. Ausstellung: Franz Marc. Gedächtnisausstellung. Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1936, cat. no. 68 Literature: Alois J. Schardt: Franz Marc. Berlin, Rembrandt-Verlag, 1936, p. 171, no. IV-1912-1 / Klaus Lankheit: Franz Marc. Katalog der Werke. Cologne, Verlag DuMont Schauberg, 1970, cat. no. 721 Conditions: