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Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876–1907)

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Paula Modersohn-Becker (German, 1876–1907)

Seated Child (Sitzendes Kind)

Date:
(c. 1899-1902, printed 1922-23)
Medium:
Drypoint
Dimensions:
plate: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4" (8.3 x 12 cm); sheet: 9 3/8 x 11 13/16" (23.8 x 30 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 [this ex.] by Otto Felsing, Berlin, or Herbert Jaeckel, Worpswede; plus few impressions printed during the artist's lifetime
Credit Line:
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Reference:
Pauli 8. Stoermer 54. Werner 9.
MoMA Number:
438.1940
Techniques:
Intaglio

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