Booklet with 5 Woodcut s. One of 500 copies. 11.5 x 8.4 cm. Sheet: 23,4 x 18 cm.
5 woodcuts with text leaves and title page, loose string binding. Contains the woodcuts: 'Das Stiftsfräulein am Nähtisch', 'Das Stiftsfräulein im See', 'Stiftsfräulein im Garten', 'Sterbendes altes Fräulein'. [JS].
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's first book illustration. - Significant graphic document from the "Brücke" days - Other copies are in international museums like the National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge; The Art Institute, Chicago; Kirchner Museum, Davos; Kunstmuseum Basel.
LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 1 (until 1916), Berlin 1924/1926, no. H. 184-188. Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, no. 199-203. Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 7, Bern 2021, no. A-74-A-78. - - Bassenge, Berlin, auction in May 1984. Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 157, SHG no. 155-159 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 323, SHG no. 728-732 (illu.).