Guthmann

1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

The image shows a person seated in a forward-leaning position. The facial features are stylized and angular, with prominent lines around the eyes, nose, and mouth. The person has short, styled hair and is wearing a suit with a tie. A hand holding what seems to be a cigarette is visible in the lower right corner. The background features abstract designs with zigzag patterns and stylized lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50 × 39.4 cm (19 11/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 59.7 × 46.5 cm (23 1/2 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.465

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. W, no. 137, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 13, 1977; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1924

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphische Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion-Verlag, 1924, no. 137, only

Inscriptions

below image, at right, in graphite: K. Rottluff; below image, at left, in graphite: 147

Wikidata ID

Q76556981

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