Woodcut. Signed and inscribed "Eigendruck". With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b, very faded) and the handwritten numbering “H Da / Bm 3 II” on the reverse. One of only three known copies from this state, and one of only four total known copies of this woodcut. On thin creme laid paper. 37 x 50 cm. Sheet: 42,5 x 56,8 cm.
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• Extremely rare woodcut from the late Davos period: one of only four known copies.
• This is the first time a copy is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Another copy from this state was purchased for the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as early as the 1950s.
• In 1919, E. L. Kirchner and Erna Schilling got a cat named Boby, henceforth, the artist frequently made works featuring cats.
• After Boby's death in the spring of 1931, they got a cat named Schacky, who is frequently mentioned in the artist's letters and diary entries.
LITERATURE: Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 6 (1925-1937), Bern 2021, p. 262, cat. no. 1705 II (of II, illustrated on p. 263). Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, cat. rais. no. H 664 II (of II).