Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976)

Cats (Katzen) from the portfolio Ten Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff (Zehn Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff)

Date:

(1915), published 1919

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 15 9/16 x 19 1/2" (39.6 x 49.6 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 24" (51 x 61 cm)

Paper:

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

Publisher:

Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, Berlin

Printer:

Fritz Voigt, Berlin

Edition:

75; plus an unknown number of proofs (approx. 20-30 ) printed by Imberg & Lefson, Berlin, c. 1915

Credit Line:

Purchase

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Schapire (W)169.

MoMA Number:

382.1956

Themes:

Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut