Umschlag der IV. Jahresmappe der Künstlergruppe Brücke – Porträt Schmidt-Rottluff. 1909.
Woodcut in colors.
Gercken A-44. Söhn HDO 214-1. Monogrammed in printing block. On wove paper (folded double sheet). 39.6 x 29.8 cm (15.5 x 11.7 in). Sheet (folded): Ca. 55 x 41,1 cm (21,7 x 16,2 in).
[AM].

• Elaborately designed cover of the IV.
Annual portfolio of the artists' group “Brücke”.
• Impressive title woodcut by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner with a portrait of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, to whom the portfolio is dedicated.
• The annual portfolios were published in small numbers for passive members of the artists' group.

PROVENANCE: Hubertus Melsheimer Kunsthandel, Cologne.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2013, acquired directly from the above).

In very good condition. With very isolated, tiny brown spots. The two open corners of the double sheet closed with a strip of mounting tape.