Girl in the Woods

1920

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

The image depicts a stylized drawing of a person sitting with knees bent and arms wrapped around the legs, facing slightly left. The figure has abstract facial features and hair texture, wearing a coat or hood. Angular, stylized tree forms surround the figure, with mountains in the background. The artwork is monochromatic with lines and shading for depth. No objects or jewelry are visible on the person.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.7 × 39.3 cm (11 11/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 36 × 46.5 cm (14 3/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.641

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. R, no. 42, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 28, 2008; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphische Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion-Verlag, 1924, no. 42, only

Inscriptions

below image, at right, in graphite: C Rottluff; below image, at left, in graphite: 2028 St

Wikidata ID

Q76557529

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