Der Ziegenhirt (recto); Mädchen am Spinnrad (verso)
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Der Ziegenhirt (recto); Mädchen am Spinnrad (verso)
woodcut, 1918, on soft, absorbent wove paper, an exceptionally rare, early impression, apparently Dube's first state (of three) or an earlier unrecorded working proof, before the considerable further gauging of the woodblock mainly around the face and at the top of the image, a fine impression, signed in pencil, inscribed with the title of the drawing verso 'Spinnende Frau Bleistift' at the upper sheet edge, with margins, with extensive pencil markings across the image, a short tear at the upper sheet edge, one or two small losses and thin patches mainly in the margins, one or two pinholes at the lower sheet edge, some creasing, remains of old tape at the sheet edges, lesser defects, the subject generally in good condition, backed with an original drawing by Kirchner, Mädchen am Spinnrad, signed lower left E L Kirchner, pencil on paper
L. 18 7/8 x 15in. (48 x 38.2cm.)
S. 23¼ x 16 3/8in. (59 x 41.8cm.)
Der Ziegenhirt (recto); Mädchen am Spinnrad (verso)
woodcut, 1918, on soft, absorbent wove paper, an exceptionally rare, early impression, apparently Dube's first state (of three) or an earlier unrecorded working proof, before the considerable further gauging of the woodblock mainly around the face and at the top of the image, a fine impression, signed in pencil, inscribed with the title of the drawing verso 'Spinnende Frau Bleistift' at the upper sheet edge, with margins, with extensive pencil markings across the image, a short tear at the upper sheet edge, one or two small losses and thin patches mainly in the margins, one or two pinholes at the lower sheet edge, some creasing, remains of old tape at the sheet edges, lesser defects, the subject generally in good condition, backed with an original drawing by Kirchner, Mädchen am Spinnrad, signed lower left E L Kirchner, pencil on paper
L. 18 7/8 x 15in. (48 x 38.2cm.)
S. 23¼ x 16 3/8in. (59 x 41.8cm.)
Literature
A. and W.-D. Dube, E. L. Kirchner, Das graphische Werk, Munich, 1967, no. 334