Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876–1907)

Portrait of a Peasant Woman (Bildnis einer Bäuerin)

Date:

(c. 1899-1902, printed 1922-23)

Medium:

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions:

plate: 4 x 5 1/2" (10.1 x 14 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 13" (27 x 33 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, wove.

Publisher:

unknown

Printer:

Otto Felsing, Berlin

Edition:

posthumous edition (1913-14): small number printed on "China paper" by Otto Felsing, Berlin, and published by Horenverlag; posthumous edition (1922-23 and after): an unknown number printed on "Bütten" paper by Otto Felsing, Berlin, or Herbert Jaeckel, Worpswede; plus few impressions printed during the artist's lifetime

Credit Line:

Larry Aldrich Fund

Reference:

Pauli 5. Stoermer 49. Werner 6II.

MoMA Number:

128.1954

Themes:

Portraits

Techniques:

Intaglio