Ernst Barlach (German, 1870–1938)

The Good Samaritan (Barmherziger Samariter)

Date:

(1919)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 7 x 5" (17.8 x 12.7 cm); sheet: 14 7/16 x 8 7/8" (36.6 x 22.6 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid (Zanders).

Publisher:

Paul Cassirer, Berlin

Printer:

Pan-Presse, Berlin

Edition:

100 [this ex.]; plus an unknown number (including deluxe edition of 150 and regular edition of an unknown number) in the illustrated book Das Kestnerbuch published by Heinrich Böhme Verlag, Hanover, 1919; plus two known trial proofs printed by the artist and an unknown number printed by Pan-Presse, Berlin

Credit Line:

Given anonymously

Reference:

Schult II, 163. Laur 66. Rifkind 93.

MoMA Number:

635.1943

Themes:

Religion

Techniques:

Woodcut