Akte auf einem Teppich. 1910.
Woodcut.
Gercken 448 II. Dube H 159. Schiefler H 174. Signed and inscribed (partly truncateed). Verso with the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b) and the hand-written number "H 174 I". On yellowish smooth wove paper. 23.9 x 34.4 cm (9.4 x 13.5 in), size of sheet.
As mentioned in the catalog raisonné, the margin is trimmed so that only remains of the remarks and the signature are preserved. [AW].
• Woodcut in remarkably expressive and reduced style.
• From the best "Brücke" days.
• During this time nudes were one of Kirchner's preferred motfis.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (Davos 1938, Kunstmuseum Basel 1946).
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Robert Norman Ketterer (1963).
Collection Ernesto Blohm, Caracas.

EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner aus Privatbesitz. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Grafik, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Richard Kaselowsky-Haus, September 14 - October 26, 1969, cat. no. 131.
E. L. Kirchner. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik, Kunstverein Hamburg, December 6, 1969 - January 25, 1970, cat. no. 112 (presumably this copy).
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Privatsammlung, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, May 5 to early June 1970, cat. no. 52.

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