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Altwinkel - The Sister (Altwinkel - Der Geschwister)
Altwinkel - The Sister (Altwinkel - Der Geschwister)

Altwinkel - The Sister (Altwinkel - Der Geschwister)

Artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880–1938, active in Switzerland 1917–1938
Date1923
MediumWoodcut on buff paper
Dimensionssheet: 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in. (19.2 x 12.9 cm)
image: 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (6.0 x 7.9 cm.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Museum Special Gift Fund
Object number65.14.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceProbably created Switzerland, 1923; collection of the artist. [Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore]; sold to NCMA, 1965.Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 81.


Exhibition HistoryWinston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University, “German Expressionist Works,” February 15-March 15, 1979.
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