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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Lot 32
Dunkles Mädchen, 1917
Woodcut

23.2 x 10.0 in (59.0 x 25.5 cm)

Lot 32
Dunkles Mädchen, 1917
Woodcut
23.2 x 10.0 in (59.0 x 25.5 cm)

Estimate:
€ 10,000 - 15,000
Auction: today

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Feb 15, 2025 03:15 PM
Auction number: 564
Auction name: Online Sale

Lot Details
Woodcut.
Gerken 874. Signed and inscribed "Probedruck" (trial proof, barely legible). Trial proof aside from to date 3 known copies. On blotting paper. 59 x 25.5 cm. Sheet: 59 x 40,7 cm.
[JS].
- Extremely rare. To date only 3 copies of this woodcut are known. - Only one other copy has been offered on the international auction market (www.artprice.com). - Strongly colored and high-contrast print from the energetically cut wooden block. - The barely legible signature and inscription testify to Kirchner's nervous state of mind and his poor physical condition towards the end of the First World War. - Kirchner's woodcut portraits from these years - like the "Head of Ludwig Schames" created a year later - are among the highlights of his print oeuvre. - Part of the important Landmann Collection, Mannheim/Toronto for more than 85 years.
LITERATURE: Collection inventory (file card) of Landmann Collection, privately-owned.
Für die Kunst! Herbert Tannenbaum und sein Kunsthaus. Ein Galerist - seine Künstler, seine Kunden, sein Konzept. Mannheim, Reiß-Museum 1994, cat. no. 194
Das Kunsthaus Herbert Tannenbaum, Mannheim. William (Dr. Wilhelm) Landmann Collection (1891-1987), Mannheim / Amsterdam / Toronto (acquired from the above). Martin Landmann Collection (1923-2021), Vancouver, Canada (obtained from the above in 1953). Ever since family-owned
Lot Details
Woodcut.
Gerken 874. Signed and inscribed "Probedruck" (trial proof, barely legible). Trial proof aside from to date 3 known copies. On blotting paper. 59 x 25.5 cm. Sheet: 59 x 40,7 cm.
[JS].
- Extremely rare. To date only 3 copies of this woodcut are known. - Only one other copy has been offered on the international auction market (www.artprice.com). - Strongly colored and high-contrast print from the energetically cut wooden block. - The barely legible signature and inscription testify to Kirchner's nervous state of mind and his poor physical condition towards the end of the First World War. - Kirchner's woodcut portraits from these years - like the "Head of Ludwig Schames" created a year later - are among the highlights of his print oeuvre. - Part of the important Landmann Collection, Mannheim/Toronto for more than 85 years.
LITERATURE: Collection inventory (file card) of Landmann Collection, privately-owned.
Für die Kunst! Herbert Tannenbaum und sein Kunsthaus. Ein Galerist - seine Künstler, seine Kunden, sein Konzept. Mannheim, Reiß-Museum 1994, cat. no. 194
Das Kunsthaus Herbert Tannenbaum, Mannheim. William (Dr. Wilhelm) Landmann Collection (1891-1987), Mannheim / Amsterdam / Toronto (acquired from the above). Martin Landmann Collection (1923-2021), Vancouver, Canada (obtained from the above in 1953). Ever since family-owned

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