Head of Dr. Robert Binswanger (the Student)

1917-1918

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image features a black and white abstract print of a person's face and part of the head. The face is centered, facing forward, with angular, textured features. The hair is stylized with curved lines. The background shows abstract patterns and shapes, including a leaf or feather-like form. Handwritten words are at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.5 x 28.3 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 54 x 43 cm (21 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.48

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 325, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 10, 2004, lot 328); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967, no. (W) 325, iii/iii

Inscriptions

along lower image edge by large, later hand in graphite: (not deciphered); upper left verso by later hand in graphite: #2840; along bottom edge verso by later hand in graphite: yr. Lrv 1948/21; D7CON; 40; ex000 / ed000

Wikidata ID

Q76339109

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