Woodcut. Signed. On Zanders laid paper (with the watermark). 50.3 x 39.1 cm. Sheet: 62 x 51,5 cm.
From the portfoilio "Schmidt-Rottluff. 10 Holzschnitte", Verlag Graphisches Kabinett I.B. Neumann, Berlin 1919. Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [KT].
- Expressive portrait showing the influences of African masks. - A particularly innovative and experimental composition. - The human face became a defining motif for the artist in the 1920s.
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, [Berlin 1924] reprint New York 1987, no. H 204 (illu. in black and white, plate vol). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 377, SHG no. 638 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 77, SHG no. 150 (illu.).