Sitzender Mädchenakt. 1906.
Woodcut.
Titled on the reverse. One of only three known copies printed in black. On Japon. 23.8 x 23.9 cm (9.3 x 9.4 in). Sheet: 27 x 25,7 cm (10,6 x 10,1 in).
[CH].
- From the best "Brücke" period.
• One of only three known copies printed in black.
• The last time a copy of this woodcut was offered on the international auction market was almost 30 years ago (source: artprice.com).
• All known copies printed in red are owned by museums: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Brücke-Museum Berlin and Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
• During these years, the Dresden studio was not only a living and working space for the "Brücke" artists, but also a meeting place for female amateur models.
• At the time, the "Brücke" artists focused on the depiction of people and in particular the nude, which they described in 1913 as "the basis of all visual art".

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 2 (1917-1927), Berlin 1931, no. H 55.
Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, no. H 90 a.
Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 1 (1904-1908, no. 1-272), Bern 2013, no. 122 II.
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 136., SHG no. 107 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 292f., SHG no. 660 (illu.).

Good overall impression. The paper slightly irregularly browned and with slight handling marks and creases in the margins. Remains of a mostly removed pencil inscription in the lower left margin. The color slightly bleedig. The upper right margin with an irregularity in the paper and a discoloration.