Frauenkopf. 1916.
Woodcut.
Schapire 191.Söhn 108-15. Dated in the printing block. Verso typographically titled and inscribed. On off-white paper. 25.6 x 18 cm (10 x 7 in). Sheet: 32 x 24 cm (12,8 x 9,4 in).
From "Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart", ed. by Kurt Pfister. Published by Verlag Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1920. [JS].

• The depiction is based on the painting " Frau mit Tasche" (1915), a portrait of the art historian Rosa Schapire, the author of the first catalogue raisonné.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 374 SHG no. 633 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 74, SHG no. 145 (illu.).

In good condition. The edges of the sheet with isolated tiny losses and crimped spots, a small cut in center left.