Ernst Barlach (German, 1870–1938)

Loving Reverence (Verliebte Reverenz) (plate 20) from the supplementary suite accompanying the deluxe edition of the illustrated book Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht)

Author:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Date:

(c. 1920/22, published 1923)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 3 1/16 x 3 1/2" (7.8 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 5 9/16 x 6 1/4" (14.2 x 15.8 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove Japan.

Publisher:

Paul Cassirer, Berlin

Printer:

Pan-Presse, Berlin

Printer of Text:

Poeschel & Trepte, Leipzig

Edition:

120; plus 10 h.c.

Credit Line:

Purchase

Reference:

Schult II, 223. Laur 74.21. Söhn 265-4. Feilchenfeldt/Brandis 70 and 193.5. Rifkind 101.20.

MoMA Number:

288.1950

Themes:

Nude

Techniques:

Woodcut