Ruhende Zigeuner, 1918

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Medium

woodcut in black on japan paper

Dimensions

block: 25.7 x 20.1 cm (10 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)

sheet: 41.2 x 30.5 cm (16 1/4 x 12 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jacob Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hofmann 1994, no. 7 (1918), State only

Accession Number

2002.98.336

Artists / Makers

Maria Uhden (artist) German, 1892 - 1918

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in block: MU; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Aus dem Nachlass Maria Uhden / [not deciphered] 1918; by later hand, lower right center in graphite: Ruhende Ziguener

Provenance

Estate of the artist. (Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, March 31, 2001, lot 627); Jacob Kainen [1909-2001], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4737); gift to NGA, 2002. [1]

[1] The donor file contains another receipt for the present composition from E. Weyhe, Inc., New York, dated January 25, 1972.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob

Bibliography

1994: Hofmann, Karl-Ludwig, Präger, Christmut. Maria Uhden 1892-1918 : Briefe, Zeugnisse und Verzeichnis der nachgelassenen Werke. Berlin : Brinkmann & Bose, 1994: no. 7 (1918), only