The portfolio comprising 9 Woodcut s, table of content and imprint. printed on the hand press of Offizin W. Drugulin, Leipzig, published by Kurt Woff Verlag, Leipzig. Loose sheets in original half cloth portfolio with cover title. All sheets signed, imprint with stamped number. On JW Zanders mold-made paper (with watermark). Size of the portfolio: 66.5 x 51 cm. Portfolio: 89,2 x 53,5 cm.
Comprises: Kuss in Liebe. Kristus. Gang nach Emmaus. Kristus flucht dem Feigenbaum. Petri Fischzug. Kristus und die Ehebrecherin. Maria. Kristus und Judas. Jünger, and the imprint. [EH].
- Rare complete set of the woodcut series with original portfolio and imprint. - The woodcut series is considered a pinnacle in the printmaking oeuvre of the great Expressionist. - Other complete portfolios are in the Brücke Museum in Berlin and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. H 206, 208, 211-216, 218, (illu. in black and white, plate vol.). - - Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 378, SHG nos. 639-649 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 78, SHG nos. 151-161 (illu.).

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)

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

In good condition. Each sheet mounted. Sheets with slight mount staining and with isolated tiny brown spots. The sheet "Gang nach Emmaus" somewhat more browned along the upper margin. The cover title on the portfolio with foxing and traces of use. [EH]