Female Portrait (Weibliches Bildnis)

1909

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

The image is a black and white woodcut print of a person's face. The person is in a frontal position facing the viewer. The features are depicted with bold, abstract lines outlining the eyes, nose, and mouth. The hair is short and closely cropped. The person's clothing is suggested by a dark area below the chin against a light background. There are no visible accessories or objects in the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Ruth Ivor

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 x 17.3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 59.8 x 46.8 cm (23 9/16 x 18 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1993.73.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. W, no. 24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Ivor, New York; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphische Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion-Verlag, 1924.

Inscriptions

by later hand, across bottom verso in graphite: SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF FEMALE HEAD, FULL FACE WOODCUT; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 63.55; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 45/119; by later hand, lower left verso in ink: 1963:55

Watermarks

Lion

Wikidata ID

Q75124784

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