Swiss Fine Art

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Rothaarige Frau - Mie und Gothein

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June 9, 01:53 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 CHF

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Description

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1880-1938

Rothaarige Frau - Mie und Gothein

signed Kirchner (lower right), inscribed Eigendruck and dated 15 (lower left); further stamped in red ink with Heinrich Stinnes's monogram (L.1376a) (lower left)

the highly scarce woodcut printed from two blocks in black and orange, on blotting paper

30,3 x 30,5 cm (image); 56,8 x 42,7 cm (sheet); 69,5 x 55 cm (framed)

Executed in 1915.

One of just three impressions of this subject, the present work is one of only two examples printed in black and orange. The second example is housed at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe. Margins of 100-165 mm / 60-65mm

Heinrich Stinnes (1867-1932), Mülheim a. d. Ruhr, Cologne (Lugt 1376a)

Estate of Heinrich Stinnes (until at least 1938)

Private collection, Switzerland

Thence by descent to the present owner.

Annemarie & Wolf-Dieter Dube, E.L. Kirchner - Das graphische Werk, Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1967, Vol. I, p.31, no. 261; Vol. II, no. 261 p.43, ill in b/w (ex. of the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, illustrated)

Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, Bern, 2015, vol. III (1912-1916), no. 721 a., (ex. of the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, illustrated)