Head of Ludwig Schames (Kopf Ludwig Schames)

Artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880–1938, active in Switzerland 1917–1938

Date1918

MediumWoodcut on buff paper

Dimensionssheet: 23 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (59.7 x 41.2 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner

Object numberG.65.10.31

On View

Not on view

ProvenancePossibly collection of the artist, Switzerland, until 1937, W. R. Valentiner, Detroit, MI, 1937 [1]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [2]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.

[1] Valentiner mentions receiving "some woodcuts" from Kirchner in 1937. See note in file.
[2] L.58.12.6-VE, "Portrait of L. Schames."

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