Woodcut. Signed and dated “05”. Verse with the stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel estate (Lugt 1570 b), bearing the handwritten registration number “H 98 I” and the stamp “Not for sale E L Kirchner”. One of to date 14 known copies. On firm wove paper. 50 x 37.5 cm. Sheet: 53 x 41 cm.
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• A print depicting the children of F. Ernst Köhler-Haußen (1872-1946), writer, passive member of the “Brücke,” and former collector of Kirchner’s works.
• In the same family collection for nearly 60 years.
• Other copies of this print are held, among others, in the collections of the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, and the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.
LITERATURE: Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 1 (1904-1908), Bern 2013, CR no. 267. Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E.L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, CR no. H 124. Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 1 (up to 1916), Berlin-Charlottenburg 1926, CR no. H 98. - - Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 32nd Auction, Nov. 21, 1958, lot 430 (with ill. p. 77). Karl & Faber, Munich, 121st Auction, Dec. 11, 1969, lot 964.

Artist’s estate (stamped on the reverse with the estate stamp). Private collection, Munich (since 1969, Karl & Faber). In the family’s possession ever since

In good condition, beautiful print image. Very few small brown spots, as well as faint brownish streaks in the upper left corner. The edges of the sheet are trimmed slightly unevenly. The upper two corners of the sheet show faint creases and are slightly bumped. There are a few faint pressure marks along the outer edges of the sheet. Some areas show minimal wear.