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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
K. G. Brücke1910

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Woodcut print with bold black and white lines depicting a seated nude figure, head turned toward viewer, beneath hand-lettered text reading 'KGBrücke'
Woodcut print in black and white of a reclining nude figure rendered in bold, angular lines with large areas of flat black ink and visible grain texture; a monogram stamp appears at lower right.
Woodcut print in black and white; a standing nude figure faces a seated figure at left, rendered with bold, angular cuts and high contrast; decorative border of triangles at top; Latin script text below reads "Bild von E Heckel / Schnitt LK"
Woodcut print in stark black and white, two nude figures rendered in angular, gestural marks — one small figure standing within a triangular architectural form in the background, another larger figure seated in the foreground at lower right, with a monogram at bottom left.
Woodcut print in black and white; a seated male figure rests his chin on one hand, rendered with bold, angular cuts and high contrast; text reading "BILD v E HECKEL" in a rectangular banner at the bottom.
Woodcut print in black and white, seated figure with long dark hair and shadowed eyes, knees drawn up, rendered in bold angular cuts with high contrast. Latin-script text at bottom reads "Bild von E.L.Kirchner / Schnitt von E.Heckel."
Woodcut print in black and white, seated nude figure leaning forward with angular, expressionist lines; text in German above and below the central image reads "Bild v M Pechstein" and "Schnitt EL Kirchner."
Woodcut print in stark black and white depicting abstracted urban architecture, with angular building facades, a central tower form, and arched openings rendered in bold contrasting shapes; visible wood grain texture throughout; monogram initials at lower left.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a bending or arching figure rendered in bold, angular cuts with jagged diagonal lines and a strong contrast between solid black areas and white negative space; monogram "S-R" visible in lower left corner.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting multiple nude figures in angular, fragmented forms with bold, rough-cut lines. A large standing figure dominates the foreground, smaller figures recede behind. Text in Latin script at bottom reads 'Bild von E. Heckel / Schnitt ELK.'
Woodcut print in stark black and white; a seated woman in a striped dress leans forward with crossed arms, rendered in bold angular cuts; Latin lettering along the top border reads "BILD VEL KIRCHNER"; monogram "HMP" at lower center.
Woodcut print in black and white depicting three nude female figures in dynamic poses against a white ground, rendered with bold, angular lines and rough-cut edges. A vertical panel at left contains hand-lettered German text in Gothic script.
Woodcut print in black and white, two figures in an outdoor setting stretching or pulling a large piece of fabric between them, rendered with bold angular lines and high contrast. Latin-script text visible in upper right corner.
Woodcut print in stark black and white; two nude figures and a clothed seated figure arranged around a patterned surface with geometric diamond motifs; bold, angular gouged lines throughout; vertical text panel at left reads 'Bild von Pemstein Schnitt von Heckel' in German script
Woodcut print in black and white depicting a seated male figure with arms raised, rendered in angular, Expressionist style with bold contrasting areas of black and white. Gothic-style lettering runs along the bottom border.
Woodcut or letterpress vignette on white paper; a rectangular border with stylized figural elements at each side frames the German text "Mitglieder der Künstlergruppe Brücke" in bold block lettering.
Black and white print featuring a decorative border of geometric Greek key patterns enclosing a columnar list of names, titles, and German city names in bold hand-lettered Latin and Gothic script, with horizontal dashes and vertical tally marks used as spacers between entries.
Woodcut print with bold black lettering on white ground, listing names and German cities within a geometric border of interlocking Greek key patterns. Text reads 'PM' at top followed by approximately eighteen names and locations.
Woodcut or linocut print in black and white, listing names and cities in bold geometric lettering within a decorative border of angular meander patterns. A small standing figure appears at lower right. Text includes names such as Marie Seckel, Emy Stürken, and Anna Schapire-Neuraed alongside German city names.
Woodcut print with bold black-and-white contrast, featuring a decorative geometric border and header reading 'IPM.' A columnar list of German names and cities fills the upper portion. The lower section depicts angular, stylized human figures in dynamic poses, rendered with jagged expressionist lines.
Artist or Maker
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Artist or Maker
Max Pechstein
Artist or Maker
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Artist or Maker
Erich Heckel
Title
K. G. Brücke
Place Made
Germany, Dresden
Date Made
1910
Medium
Printed material and twenty woodcuts on wove paper
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.374a-t
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Dübe, Annemarie und Wolf-Dieter. Das graphische Werk. München : Prestel, 1980.
  • Dübe, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dübe. Erich Heckel: das graphische Werk. New York: E. Rathenau, 1964.
  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion Verlag, 1924.

  • 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.