Sale: 400 / Modern Art, Dec. 08. 2012 in Munich Lot 35

 

35
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Knabenkopf Andreas, 1924.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700
Sold:
€ 23,750 / $ 25,412

(incl. surcharge)
Knabenkopf Andreas. 1924.
Woodcut.
Cf. Dube 520. According to Gerken: Dube 520 III of IV. Signed, dated and inscribed: " 36 Knabenkopf 24 III.Zustand". Inscribed "N.Y. 10.455" on verso by a hand other than that of the artist. One of 4 known copies. On yellow Japon imité. 44,6 x 34,1 cm (17,5 x 13,4 in). Sheet: 57,8 x 41,8 cm (22,7 x 16,5 in).
Very rare sheet of a state not mentioned in Dube.

We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Günther Gercken for decisive hints regarding the printing state.

EXHIBITION: Buchholz Gallery - Curt Valentin, New York (with label on verso of frame and with inscription "N.Y. - 10.455" on verso).

[KD].




35
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Knabenkopf Andreas, 1924.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700
Sold:
€ 23,750 / $ 25,412

(incl. surcharge)