Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Akte auf einem Teppich (G. 448; D. 159)
Property from a Distinguished European Collection
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
Akte auf einem Teppich (G. 448; D. 159)
The very rare woodcut, 1910, a strong impression showing the grain of the wood, the second state (of three), one of three known impressions cited by Gercken and the only known on this paper, the lower margin trimmed through the signature and inscription, on smooth canary yellow wove paper, unframed
image: 225 by 323mm 8¾ by 12¾ in
sheet: 234 by 343mm 9⅛ by 13½ in
With narrow margins, in good condition apart from two diagonal, flattened creases towards the upper and lower sheet edges, an inconsistency in the paper tone at the upper sheet edge verso (associated with previous adhesive) faintly visible recto, very pale light-staining, two very small spots of blue ink showing through recto from the ink stamp verso, two small fox marks in the image at right, unframed.
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Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Richard Kaselowsky-Haus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner aus Privatbesitz, 1969, no. 131