Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976)

The Three Magi (Die heiligen drei Könige) from the portfolio Ten Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (Zehn Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff)

Date:

(1917, published 1919)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 19 9/16 x 15 3/8" (49.7 x 39.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 24 7/16 x 20 1/16" (62 x 51 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, laid (J.W. Zanders).

Publisher:

Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, Berlin

Printer:

Fritz Voigt, Berlin

Edition:

75; plus several proofs printed by the artist

Credit Line:

Purchase Fund

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

Schapire (W)196.

MoMA Number:

13.1945

Themes:

Primitivism, Religion

Techniques:

Woodcut