Gartenbild. 1904.
Woodcut in colors. Watercolor printing.
Gercken 20. Dube H 13. Schiefler H 9. Signed. One of only three known copies. On laid paper. 26 x 11.8 cm (10.2 x 4.6 in). Sheet: 32 x 12,9 cm (12,6 x 5,1 in).

• One of just three known copies.
• Elaborately crafted watercolor print of three blocks in red, blue and yellow.
• Kirchner skilfully uses the three primary colors to create new colors through superimpositions during the printing process.
• One of the artist's earliest color woodcuts (along with three other works, Gercken 15, 16 and 21).
• So far, only one other copy has been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 2003, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 282, SHG no. 638 (with illu.)
Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 1 (1-272, 1904 -1908), Bern 2013, cat. no. 20 (with illu.).