Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876–1907)

Blind Woman in the Woods (Blinde Frau im Walde)

Date:

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

Medium:

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions:

plate: 6 5/16 x 5 1/2" (16 x 14 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 x 12 7/16" (44.8 x 31.6 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, 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 [this ex.], or Herbert Jaeckel, Worpswede; plus few impressions printed during the artist's lifetime

Credit Line:

Larry Aldrich Fund

Reference:

Pauli 3. Stoermer 48. Werner 4 III.

MoMA Number:

130.1954

Techniques:

Intaglio