Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Head of Ludwig Schames
1917
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Head of Ludwig Schames
1917
Physical Qualities
Woodcut with black ink additions, Sheet: 571 x 315 mm. (22 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)
Image: 568 x 250 mm. (22 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Alexander W. Pearlman, New York
Object Number
1958.157
Gift to BMA, 1958; Dr. Alexander W. Pearlman, New York.
'German Expressionist Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors,' Detroit Institute of Arts, Dec. 1- Feb. 12, 1967, cat. no. 17.
'L'Incisione Europea dal X al XX Secolo,' Turin Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, April 18- June 23, 1968, cat. no. 305 (illus).
BMA, "19th and 20th Century Northern European Graphics: Angelica Kauffman to Ludwig Kirchner," 8 February - 3 April, 1977.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Portraits in Prints," 19 October - 11 December, 1977.
BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "German Expressionist Graphics 1905-1985," 9 August - 9 October, 1988.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "A Modern Renaissance: German Expressionist Prints and Drawings," 10 July - 29 September, 1996.
Oliver Shell, BMA, "German Expressionism: A Revolutionary Spirit," 29 January - 14 September 2014.
'L'Incisione Europea dal X al XX Secolo,' Turin Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, April 18- June 23, 1968, cat. no. 305 (illus).
BMA, "19th and 20th Century Northern European Graphics: Angelica Kauffman to Ludwig Kirchner," 8 February - 3 April, 1977.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Portraits in Prints," 19 October - 11 December, 1977.
BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "German Expressionist Graphics 1905-1985," 9 August - 9 October, 1988.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "A Modern Renaissance: German Expressionist Prints and Drawings," 10 July - 29 September, 1996.
Oliver Shell, BMA, "German Expressionism: A Revolutionary Spirit," 29 January - 14 September 2014.
[cf. Kirchner Cat., Stuttgart, 1956 #93 repro. on cover] Abbildungen: Katalog Schames, Graphik E.L. Kirchner (Frankfurt a. M. 1920), 6f.-W. Grohmann, Das Werk E.L. Kirchners (Munchen 1926), Tafel 52- R. Schroder, Deutsche Holzschneider (Dusseldorf 1948), Tafel 31
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: along right side, written vertically in graphite: [arrow] "8m" [arrow]; along lower left side, written vertically in graphite: "E. L. Kirchner"; along bottom, in graphite [on strip of paper subsequently removed from drawing, but stored in mat with print]: "[indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: BMA
