Woodcut
Schapire addenda H 85. Ketterer Editionsverzeichnis 173. Signed and inscribed "e.a". Artist's proof aside from the edition of 100. On firm Japon. 39,5 x 45,5 cm (15,5 x 17,9 in)Sheet: 51,5 x 66,5 cm (20,2 x 26,1 in).
Sheet 5 from the portfolio "Anno Santo", published in Edition Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich 1975 (with blindstamp). In a letter from 1964, Schmidt-Rottluff wrote to Ernest Rathenau, publisher of the catalog raisonné, that he had made the woodcut as early as in 1919, however, he never had it printed. In 1964 the artist rediscovered the printing block and had the printing executed by HAP. [SM].