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