Zu Alkman. 1957.
Woodcut.
Ebner/Gabelmann 998 H. Dube H 425. Signed, dated and titled. One of 27 copies. On laid paper. 39.3 x 22.2 cm (15.4 x 8.7 in). Sheet: 57,8 x 46 cm (22,6 x 18,1 in).
[AR].
• The work was inspired by the verse of the Greek poet Alkman from Sparta, the depiction shows a lamnet about aging.
• Other copies are at, among others, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Brücke Museum Berlin and the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, 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, pp. 353ff., SHG no. 577 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 266ff., SHG no. 605 (with illu.).

In good condition. Minimally discolored along the edges and with small isolated brownish stains. Margins crimped and slightly irregular owing to the making.