The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Woman in the Woods (Frau im Wald), 1921, woodcut on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.402

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Kerry James Marshall, Thomas Lucas, Hummingbird Press Editions, Untitled (Man), 2017, woodcut, printed in dark brown and black inks, on Rives BFK paper, Gift of Mr. David and Dr. Lisa Grain and Family, 2018.34.1

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Matthias Mansen, Matthias Mansen, Matthias Mansen, Studio, Head and Feet (Studio, Kopf und Füße), 1987, color woodcut on wove paper, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell, 2000.106.5

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Orit Hofshi, Orit Hofshi, Time…thou ceaseless lackey to eternity, 2017, woodcut and rubbing with additions drawn in colored pencil and grease pencil on four sheets of handmade paper , Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2022.8.1.a-d

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In shades of silvery gray and white, a cartoonish fist holds the handle of a beer stein so we look down into the glass. Filling the space around it, people sit, kiss, drink, or talk in a swirling, dream-like haze in this horizontal print.

Nicole Eisenman, Harlan & Weaver, Harlan & Weaver, Beer Garden, 2012 - 2017, etching, aquatint, and drypoint printed chine collé on wove Hahnemühle paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2022.9.1

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Erich Heckel, Fritz Voigt, Israel Ber Neumann, Portrait of a Man (Männerbildnis) [Self-Portrait], 1919, color woodcut on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.9081

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Käthe Kollwitz, Fritz Voigt, Emil Richter Verlag, Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis von vorn), 1923, woodcut on Japanese paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1947.12.67

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Christian Rohlfs, Christian Rohlfs, unidentified, Death as Juggler (Revolution) (Tod als Jongleur [Revolution]), 1918/1919, woodcut, printed in blue-black, with opaque watercolor on wove paper , Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.387

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fanny Wocke, 1916, woodcut on blotting paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.156.3

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street Scene after the Rain (Straßenszene, Nach dem Regen), 1914, woodcut on Japanese paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.683

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George Grosz, Unknown, unpublished, Attack (Attentat), 1915, lithograph on laid paper, Purchased as the gift of Richard A. Simms and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2017.100.1

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Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Felsing, Self-Portrait with Hand on Forehead (Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn), 1910, etching and drypoint in black-brown ink on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.5296

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Max Beckmann, Fritz Voigt, Israel Ber Neumann, Group Portrait, Eden Bar (Gruppenbildnis Edenbar), 1923, woodcut on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.319

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Lovis Corinth, unidentified, Fritz Gurlitt, The Fall of Man (Der Sündenfall), 1919, woodcut on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1951.10.269

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Max Oppenheimer, Fritz Gurlitt, Pietà, 1912, drypoint on Japanese paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.35.5

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Emil Nolde, Emil Nolde, unidentified, Fishing Steamer (Fischdampfer), 1910, woodcut on wove paper, Epstein Family Fund, 1979.18.1

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, unidentified, unidentified, A Road with a Castle and Houses in Rocky Mountains (Straße mit Burg und Häusern in felsigem Gebirge), 1926, color woodcut on wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.151

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Erich Heckel, Fritz Voigt, Israel Ber Neumann, Siblings (Brother and Sister) [Geschwister], 1913, woodcut on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1950.17.301

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Two Women (Zwei Frauen), 1914, lithograph, printed in black and pale orange inks, on wove paper, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen, 2012.92.143

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Egon Schiele, Standing Nude with a Patterned Robe, 1917, opaque watercolor and charcoal on wove paper, Gift of The Robert and Mary M. Looker Family Collection, 2016.59.2

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Erich Heckel, unidentified, Fritz Gurlitt, Portrait of a Woman (Frauenkopf), 1922, lithograph on Japanese paper, Gift of Jacob Kainen, 2002.98.288

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Walter Gramatté, unidentified, Gustav Kiepenheuer, The Great Anxiety (Self-Portrait in Three-Quarter Profile to the Right) (Die große Angst [Selbstportrat, Kopf im Halbprofil nach rechts]), 1918, drypoint with transparent watercolor, Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With, 2022.155.5

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