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Paul Gangolf
Tightrope Walker (Seiltanzer),

lithograph with hand coloring on gray wove paper
sheet: 48.2 x 37.5 cm (19 x 14 3/4 in.) [irregular]
plate: 27.5 x 23 cm (10 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.) [irregular]
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Self-Portrait in the Studio (Selbstbildnis im Atelier), 1923

crayon on white board
sheet: 49.8 x 33.9 cm (19 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Otto Dix
Dance of Death Anno 17 (Totenanz anno 17), 1924

etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burnishing in black on laid paper
plate: 23.9 x 29.5 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
sheet: 35 x 47.4 cm (13 3/4 x 18 11/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen

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Otto Dix
Dead Men before the Position near Tahure (Tote vor der Stellung bei Tahure), 1924

etching and aquatint
plate: 19 x 25.6 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
sheet: 34.8 x 47.3 cm (13 11/16 x 18 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

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Otto Dix
Young Family (Lovers) (Junge Familie [Liebespaar]), 1918

pen and brush and black ink on brown wove paper
overall: 39.9 x 39.5 cm (15 11/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Richard A. Simms and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Emil Nolde
Hamburg Harbor (Hamburg, Freihafen), 1910

etching
plate: 30.4 x 40.5 cm (11 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
sheet: 48.7 x 60.9 cm (19 3/16 x 24 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen in memory of Lessing J. Rosenwald

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Men Splashing in the Reeds (Sich Spritzende Männer im Schilf), 1910

lithograph printed in black on yellow wove paper
plate: 27.9 x 37.7 cm (11 x 14 13/16 in.)
sheet: 31 x 43 cm (12 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Two Bathers on the Fehmarn Coast (Zwei Badende am hoher Fehmarnküste), 1912

black ink on wove paper
sheet: 58.1 x 45.9 cm (22 7/8 x 18 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Walter Gramatte
The Couple, Self-Portrait with Wife (Das Paar, Selbstporträt mit Frau), 1922

etching and engraving, printed in blue-green with wiping
sheet: 54 x 37.5 cm (21 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
plate: 24.5 x 25.5 cm (9 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Two Nudes on a Bed (Isabella and a Younger Girl) (Zwei Frauen im Raum), c. 1906

brush and india ink on buff paper
sheet: 30.8 x 31.12 cm (12 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

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Max Beckmann
Unfinished woodblock carving for Self-Portrait with Naila as Circus Performers Holding Masks and Reclining on a Sea Monster, c. 1923

woodcut block with additions in crayon and ink
overall: 50 x 39.3 cm (19 11/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

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Conrad Felixmüller
Child on the Veranda, Son Titus (Kind auf die Veranda, Sohn Titus), 1921

drypoint on wove paper
plate: 12.8 x 19.5 cm (5 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 38 x 32.7 cm (14 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen

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Käthe Kollwitz
In God's Hands, 1935/1936

bronze
overall: 35.5 x 31.8 x 8.6 cm (14 x 12 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hans W. Weigert in memory of Lili B. Weigert

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Head of a Woman, 1913

carved and painted oak
overall with base: 50.8 x 32.7 x 31.27 cm (20 x 12 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
overall without base: 35.56 x 14.92 x 16.03 cm (14 x 5 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
base: 15.2 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm (6 x 7 x 6 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Women Bathing Between White Stones (Badende Frauen Zwischen Weissen Steinen), 1912

color woodcut printed in black, green, orange and red
image: 28.4 x 27.6 cm (11 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.4 x 31.7 cm (15 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Kerry James Marshall
Untitled (Man), 2017

woodcut in brown and black on Rives BFK paper
image: 60.96 x 45.72 cm (24 x 18 in.)
sheet: 76.2 x 57.15 cm (30 x 22 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. David and Dr. Lisa Grain and Family

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Leonard Baskin
Leonard Baskin AET 42, 1962

color woodcut on wove paper
image: 81.28 x 60.01 cm (32 x 23 5/8 in.)
sheet: 88.27 x 61.6 cm (34 3/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jay Finkel

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Sam Francis
Self-Portrait, 1973

lithograph in black on Rives BFK wove paper
sheet: 104.8 x 71.2 cm (41 1/4 x 28 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Sam Francis, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Leonard Baskin
The Hydrogen Man, 1954

woodcut in black on wove paper
image: 158.1 x 61.9 cm (62 1/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
sheet: 223.5 x 101.6 cm (88 x 40 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Matthias Mansen
Studio, Head and Feet (Studio, Kopf und Füße), 1987

color woodcut on wove paper
sheet (irregular): 218.44 x 54.29 cm (86 x 21 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

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Matthias Mansen
Studio, Head and Feet (Studio, Kopf und Füße), 1987

color woodcut on wove paper
sheet (irregular): 208.28 x 54.29 cm (82 x 21 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bell

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Orit Hofshi
Time…thou ceaseless lackey to eternity, 2017

woodcut and rubbing with colored pencil and grease pencil additions on four sheets of handmade Kozo and Abaca paper
image and sheet (each approx.): 201.8 x 102.8 cm (79 7/16 x 40 1/2 in.)
overall (approx.): 203.2 x 421.64 cm (80 x 166 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Miriam Beerman
Untitled (bloody head), c. 1969–1975

oil on thin posterboard mounted to cream Fabriano paper
sheet: 66 x 51.1 cm (26 x 20 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. Jaffe

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Rashid Johnson
Untitled Anxious Red, 2021

screenprint on wove paper
image and sheet: 57.5 x 77.4 cm (22 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Nicole Eisenman
Beer Garden, 2012–2017

etching, aquatint, and drypoint, printed chine colle on wove on Hahnemühle paper
image: 101.4 x 121.6 cm (39 15/16 x 47 7/8 in.)
sheet: 112.8 x 131.7 cm (44 7/16 x 51 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Miriam Beerman
Untitled (face), c. 1970–1975

ink on thin posterboard
sheet: 72.4 x 57.1 cm (28 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Collection of William B. Jaffe (promised gift to the National Gallery of Art)

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Walter Gramatte
The Great Anxiety (Self-Portrait, in Three-Quarter Profile to the Right) (Die große Angst [Selbstportrat, Kopf im Halbprofil nach rechts]), 1918

drypoint in black on wove paper, similar to japan paper
plate: 29.9 x 24.1 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 40.1 x 30.7 cm (15 13/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

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Georg Alexander Mathey
Adam and Eve, 1921

woodcut in black on laid paper
plate: 24.8 x 20.6 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
sheet: 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen

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Erich Heckel
Man in Prayer, 1919

hand-colored woodcut
image: 46.1 x 32.5 cm (18 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
sheet: 61.9 x 46 cm (24 3/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
© 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

IMPORTANT: Permission is contingent upon the images of the work not being cropped, detailed, overprinted or altered in any way. Images may be distributed for use in interior articles only; NO COVER USES are permitted without prior authorization.

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Käthe Kollwitz
Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis von vorn), 1923

woodcut
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
© 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

IMPORTANT: Permission is contingent upon the images of the work not being cropped, detailed, overprinted or altered in any way. Images may be distributed for use in interior articles only; NO COVER USES are permitted without prior authorization.

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Käthe Kollwitz
Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis), 1924

woodcut
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Christian Rohlfs
Death as Juggler (Revolution) (Tod als Jongleur [Revolution]), 1918/1919

woodcut in blue-gray heightened with yellow and red watercolor
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Max Beckmann
Self-Portrait, 1918

drypoint in black
plate: 30.3 x 25.5 cm (11 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
sheet: 51.8 x 38 cm (20 3/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

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Lovis Corinth
Death Visits the Strucks (Death and the Couple) (Tod bei Strucks [Tod und Paar]) from Dance of Death (Totentanz), 1921 (published 1922)

softground etching in black on wove paper
plate: 24 x 17.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 in.)
sheet: 30 x 23.7 cm (11 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Fanny Wocke, 1916

woodcut in black on blotting paper
image: 30.5 x 40 cm (12 x 15 3/4 in.)
sheet: 42.2 x 56.8 cm (16 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Paul Gangolf
Koksende Hure (Prostitute on Cocaine), 1925

lithograph in black on japan paper
overall: 41 x 30.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen

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Max Kaus
Head of a Girl (Mädchenkopf), 1920

woodcut in black on wove paper
block: 28.6 x 12.5 cm (11 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
sheet: 40.9 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen

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Christian Rohlfs
The Prisoner (Der Gefangene), 1918

woodcut
image: 60.3 x 46 cm (23 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
sheet: 60.3 x 46 cm (23 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen

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Egon Schiele
Sorrow (Kümmernis), 1914

drypoint printed in dark green on laid paper
plate: 47.5 x 31.6 cm (18 11/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
sheet: 70.6 x 51 cm (27 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Dr. Ludwig Binswanger (Kopf Dr. Ludwig Binswanger), 1917/1918

woodcut on wove paper
sheet: 59 x 41 cm (23 1/4 x 16 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of Nelson Blitz, Jr., and Catherine Woodard in honor of Perri and Allison Blitz

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Lovis Corinth
Death and the Artist (Tod und Künstler), 1920–1921

softground etching and drypoint on green wove paper
plate: 23.8 x 17.9 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 34.2 x 25 cm (13 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Street Scene after the Rain (Straßenszene, Nach dem Regen), 1914

woodcut printed in black
image: 26.5 x 24.7 cm (10 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
sheet: 44.7 x 35 cm (17 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Head Study (Kopfstudie), 1926

lithograph printed in black
image: 32.9 x 27.3 cm (12 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
sheet: 40.8 x 33.5 cm (16 1/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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George Grosz
Attack (Attentat), 1915

lithograph in black on laid paper
image: 19.05 x 24.45 cm (7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 24.13 x 31.75 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the gift of Richard A. Simms and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
© 2023 Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

IMPORTANT: Permission is contingent upon the images of the work not being cropped, detailed, overprinted or altered in any way. Images may be distributed for use in interior articles only; NO COVER USES are permitted without prior authorization.

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Käthe Kollwitz
Self-Portrait, Drawing, 1933

black chalk on brown laid Ingres paper
overall: 47.7 x 63.5 cm (18 3/4 x 25 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Käthe Kollwitz
Self-Portrait with Hand on Forehead (Selbstbildnis mit der Hand an der Stirn), 1910

etching and engraving in black-brown on wove paper
plate: 15.5 x 13.6 cm (6 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
sheet: 43.3 x 30.2 cm (17 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Emil Nolde
Woman in Profile (Frau im Profil), 1910

woodcut
image: 15 13/16 x 11 5/16 in. (40.2 x 28.7 cm)
sheet: 19 7/16 x 14 in (49.3 x 35.5 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Max Beckmann
Group Portrait, Eden Bar (Gruppenbildnis Edenbar), 1923

woodcut on heavy Japan paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
© 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Old Market in Dresden with a Fair (Der Altmarkt in Dresden mit Jahrmarkt), 1910

lithograph printed in black
image: 32.6 x 38.5 cm (12 13/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
sheet: 42.7 x 51.3 cm (16 13/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Christian Rohlfs
Flood (Sintflut), c. 1918

color woodcut in black and brown on heavy wove grey-green paper
sheet: 68.7 x 51.4 cm (27 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Otto Mueller
Finding of Moses (Auffindung des Moses), c. 1920

lithograph in black and gold
image: 27.94 x 38.74 cm (11 x 15 1/4 in.)
sheet: 43.97 x 53.34 cm (17 5/16 x 21 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Otto Mueller
Standing Boy and Two Girls (second version) (Stehender Knabe und zwei Mädchen 2), 1917

lithograph
sheet: 49.85 x 39.37 cm (19 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
image: 32.39 x 24.77 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Otto Mueller
Adam and Eve (Adam und Eva), 1920/1923

lithograph
image: 43.66 x 33.02 cm (17 3/16 x 13 in.)
sheet: 56.04 x 43.34 cm (22 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Lovis Corinth
The Fall of Man (Der Sündenfall), 1919

woodcut in black
image: 25 x 23.3 cm (9 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
sheet: 48.1 x 38.1 cm (18 15/16 x 15 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Woman in the Woods (Frau im Wald), 1921

woodcut
image: 49.69 x 39.37 cm (19 9/16 x 15 1/2 in.)
sheet: 66.36 x 52.07 cm (26 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
© 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

IMPORTANT: Permission is contingent upon the image of the work not being cropped, detailed, overprinted or altered in any way. Images may be distributed for use in interior articles only; NO COVER USES are permitted without prior authorization.

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Max Oppenheimer
Pietà, 1912

drypoint
image: 16.99 x 15.24 cm (6 11/16 x 6 in.)
sheet: 35.72 x 25.56 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Emil Nolde
Fishing Steamer (Fischdampfer), 1910

woodcut
image: 30.32 x 38.58 cm (11 15/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
sheet: 39.69 x 48.58 cm (15 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Epstein Family Fund
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

IMPORTANT: The image must be reproduced in full, no cropping, bleeding, guttering, details, text overlay, etc.

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Lovis Corinth
Christ Bearing the Cross (Kreuztragung), 1916

drypoint in black on wove paper
plate: 23.6 x 34 cm (9 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
sheet: 35.7 x 50.4 cm (14 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Marcy Family in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy

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Conrad Felixmüller
Couple in the Woods (Menschen Im Wald), 1918

color woodcut on wove paper
block: 25.1 x 30.2 cm (9 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 35.2 x 42.4 cm (13 7/8 x 16 11/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Georg Erhlich
Pietà, 1923

etching in black on wove paper
plate: 34.5 x 25 cm (13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 50.7 x 34.8 cm (19 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Lovis Corinth
The Fall of Man (Der Sündenfall), 1919

color woodcut monotype
sheet: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Erich Heckel
Sunrise (Sonnenaufgang), 1914

woodcut in black on laid paper
plate: 25.1 x 30.3 cm (9 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.) (irregular)
sheet: 31 x 40.4 cm (12 3/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
A Road with a Castle and Houses in Rocky Mountains (Straße mit Burg und Häusern in felsigem Gebirge), 1926

color woodcut on wove paper
plate: 60 x 49.5 cm (23 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
sheet: 80.2 x 57 cm (31 9/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
© 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

IMPORTANT: Permission is contingent upon the image of the work not being cropped, detailed, overprinted or altered in any way. Images may be distributed for use in interior articles only; NO COVER USES are permitted without prior authorization.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Seehorn, 1919

etching
image: 28.2 x 25 cm (11 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 41.4 x 34.7 cm (16 5/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Erich Heckel
Siblings (Brother and Sister) [Geschwister], 1913

woodcut
image: 42.2 x 30.7 cm (16 5/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection
© 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

IMPORTANT: Permission is contingent upon the images of the work not being cropped, detailed, overprinted or altered in any way. Images may be distributed for use in interior articles only; NO COVER USES are permitted without prior authorization.

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Otto Mueller
Two Bathers, c. 1920

color crayons and watercolor
overall: 68.7 x 52.8 cm (27 1/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Max Pechstein
Nude Figure, 1920

graphite
overall: 52.7 x 41.3 cm (20 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Erich Heckel
Conversation (Unterhaltung), 1919

drypoint
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Erich Heckel
Nude [recto],

watercolor and black chalk
overall: 48.8 x 36.5 cm (19 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Max Pechstein
Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf), 1920

graphite with black wash
overall: 41.9 x 32.1 cm (16 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Max Pechstein
Nude, 1909

watercolor on brown paper
overall: 33.8 x 43.9 cm (13 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Shikō Munakata
Self-Portrait, 1960

lithograph
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Erich Heckel
Crouching Woman (Hockende), 1913 (published 1921)

woodcut
image: 41.8 x 30.9 cm (16 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
sheet: 69.6 x 54.3 cm (27 3/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Shikō Munakata
Self-Portrait with Boat on the Hudson River, 1959

woodcut
sheet: 50.8 x 39.37 cm (20 x 15 1/2 in.)
image: 40.01 x 29.85 cm (15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Dancing Couple (Tanzpaar), 1909

lithograph on yellow wove paper
sheet: 44.6 x 36.8 cm (17 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

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A.R. Penck
Untitled [1] from 8 Erfahrungen (8 Experiences), 1981

woodcut in black on handmade wove paper
plate: 59.8 x 49.1 cm (23 9/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
sheet: 77.4 x 58.4 cm (30 1/2 x 23 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Wolfgang Wittrock, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Two Women (Zwei Frauen), 1914

color lithograph printed in black and orange
image: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
sheet: 53.8 x 41.9 cm (21 3/16 x 16 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
The Married Couple Müller (Ehepaar Müller), 1919

woodcut printed in black on rose paper
image: 35 x 42.5 cm (13 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
sheet: 43.3 x 55.3 cm (17 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Naked Girl on a Carpet (Nacktes Mädchen auf Teppich), 1924

woodcut on yellow wove paper
sheet: 60 x 35.9 cm (23 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Egon Schiele
Standing Nude with a Patterned Robe, 1917

gouache and black crayon on buff paper
sheet: 29.3 x 45.9 cm (11 9/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Robert and Mary M. Looker Family Collection

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Lovis Corinth
Dance of Death (Totentanz), 1922

portfolio of five etchings with title page and case
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Kurt Pfister
Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time), 1920

bound volume with 31 prints: 15 lithographs, 8 woodcuts, and 8 photomechanical reproductions
book: 33 x 25 x 1.3 cm (13 x 9 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ingrid Rose in memory of her husband Milton Rose

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Erich Heckel
Cover for Graphik der Gegenwart. Band I. Erich Heckel (Graphics of Today. Volume I. Erich Heckel), 1930

color woodcut from two blocks in black and blue on laid paper
sheet (cut within platemark): 23.8 x 15.7 cm (9 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Lila Oliver Asher

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: The Shadow of Life), 1924

bound volume with 50 woodcuts and color woodcuts
book: 23.8 x 16.5 x 1.2 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Artist's mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life), 1912/1922

bound volume with 51 woodcuts and color woodcuts
book: 21.7 x 14.5 x 1.3 cm (8 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Walter Gramatte
Der Mantel (The Coat), published 1919

bound volume with 12 lithographic illustrations and 1 title vignette on hand-made laid "Zanders-Bitten"
book: 25.8 x 20.4 x 1 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Kirchner - Zeichnungen (Kirchner Drawings), 1925

bound volume with two woodcut illustrations on upper and lower covers, one woodcut title in red and black, and fourteen woodcut illustrations on coated paper, with an additional two relief prints of drawings
book: 27 x 21 x 2 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Max Beckmann
Stadtnacht (City Night), executed 1920; published 1921

1 vol: ill: 7 lithographs (title page and 6 plates) in black
page size: 27.2 x 22.5 cm (10 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

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Max Beckmann
Apokalypse (Apocalypse), executed 1941/1942; published 1943

volume with 27 hand-colored lithographs
page size: 39 x 30 cm (15 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
accessory size: 39.5 x 31 cm (15 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann

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Emil Nolde
Apokalypse (Apocalypse), 1913

5-color lithograph on japan paper
accessory size: 39.5 x 31 cm (15 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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Erich Heckel
Portrait of a Woman (Frauenkopf), 1922

lithograph in black on japan paper
plate: 26.8 x 21.5 cm (10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 39 x 29.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Jacob Kainen
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Boy with Cat (Knabe mit Katze), 1919

lithograph on yellow wove paper
sheet: 64.1 x 53.5 cm (25 1/4 x 21 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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Walter Gramatte
The Great Anxiety (Self-Portrait in Three-Quarter Profile to the Right) (Die große Angst [Selbstportrat, Kopf im Halbprofil nach rechts]), 1918

drypoint with extensive additions in watercolor
sheet: 30 x 23.81 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With

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Lovis Corinth
Death and the Artist (Tod und Künstler) from Dance of Death (Totentanz), 1921 (published 1922)

softground etching and drypoint in black on wove paper
plate: 23.9 x 17.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 in.)
sheet: 30 x 23.7 cm (11 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in memory of Sigbert H. Marcy and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

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Jose Luis Cuevas
Tortured Ones from Charenton, 1965, published 1966

one from a portfolio of 15 lithographs (including title page, table of contents, and colophon) on Nacre paper
image: 45.6 x 74.9 cm (17 15/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
sheet: 57.1 x 76.8 cm (22 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, 1983.18.434.7

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Titelblatt (title page) from Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life), 1924

woodcut, printed in red and black, on wove paper from a bound volume with 50 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers)
book: 23.8 x 16.5 x 1.2 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

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