Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Portrait of Ferdinand Hodler

Portrait of Ferdinand Hodler

(German, 1880–1938)
1918
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut printed from two blocks in red and blue, proof
DimensionsBlock: 38 x 48 cm (14 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 41 x 51 cm (16 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit LineLee M. Friedman Fund
Accession number69.46
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: Probedruck; l.r.: E L Kirchner; estate stamp in purple ink, verso, l.l.: "Nachlass E. L. Kirchner" (Lugt 1570b), inscribed in black ink "H 312 II"; stamp in purple ink, l.l.: "Unverkäuflich/ E L Kirchner"
Provenance1938 until at least 1945, the artist's estate (Lugt 1570b) [see note]. 1969, sold by R. M. Light, Inc., Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 10, 1969)

NOTE: According to Lugt, this particular mark was used for those works on paper deposited with the Kunstmuseum, Basel, during World War II, by the Kirchner estate.

There are no works to discover for this record.