Signet der Künstlergruppe "Brücke". 1905/ 1906.
Woodcut.
Gercken A-26 II. of II. Dube H 964 II. Monogrammed in left of wooden block. One of 6 known copies of this state. On laid paper with a watermark. 12.6 x 5 cm (4.9 x 1.9 in). Sheet: 22,6 x 17,5 cm (8,9 x 6,9 in).
[SM].
• One of just a few copies of which most are museum-owned, among others, by the Museum of Modern Art, New York
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source:artprice.com)
• Document from the early days of the young artist group.

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

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina, Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, cat. no. 117, p. 402.
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (editor), Die Maler der Brücke, Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 99, SHG no. 37b (with illu.)
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (editors), Die Maler der Brücke, inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 290, SHG no. 656b (with illu.).