Girl's Head, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio V: German Artists"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR74.40
People: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German (Rottluff near Chemnitz 1884 - 1976 West Berlin)
Title: Girl's Head, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio V: German Artists"
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Mädchenkopf, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik, 5. Mappe: Deutsche Künstler"
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1915 (printed 1922)
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/222372

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white wove paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 24.8 x 17.9 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 35.3 x 27.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: S. Rottluff

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Wingler V/13

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year: 1974
Object Number: BR74.40
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: graphisches Werk bis 1923, E. Rathenau vormals Euphorion Verlag Berlin (New York, NY, 1987), no. 180

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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BR74.40: Girl's Head, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio V: German Artists"