Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Akte auf einem Teppich (G. 448; D. 159)

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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

Ex coll. 'Unverkäuflich E. L. Kirchner' stamp verso (indicating this impression was kept for the artist's personal collection); Ernst Ludwig Kirchner with his estate stamp verso (L1570b), inscribed in ink H 174 I; with R. N. Ketterer, 1963; Ernesto Blohm, Caracas

Lugano, R. N. Ketterer, E. L. Kirchner, 1963, illustrated in the catalogue page 88

Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Richard Kaselowsky-Haus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner aus Privatbesitz, 1969, no. 131

We are grateful to Professor Dr. Günther Gercken for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.