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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
The Theosophist1917-1918

Not on view
Woodcut portrait print in black ink, close-up of a bearded man with deep-set eyes and one raised hand, rendered in bold, jagged gouge marks
Artist or Maker
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Germany, also active Switzerland 1880-1938
Title
The Theosophist
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1917-1918
Medium
Woodcut on handmade paper, laid down
Dimensions
Image: 20 3/8 x 10 1/16 in. (51.75 x 25.56 cm) irregular; Sheet: 23 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (58.74 x 40.32 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.124
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
  • Dübe, Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter. Das graphische Werk. München : Prestel, 1980.