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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.
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