Self-Portrait with Erna

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)

1922

Medium/TechniqueWoodcut printed in black, purple, and red on off white wove paper

DimensionsBlock: 70 x 40 cm (27 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 77 x 46 cm (30 5/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession number61.18

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InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: Eigendruck; l.r.: E L Kirchner; estate stamp in purple ink, verso, l.l.: "Nachlass E. L. Kirchner" (Lugt 1570b)Provenance1938 until at least 1945, the artist's estate (Lugt 1570b) [see note]. 1960, W. G. Russell Allen (b. 1882- d. 1955), Boston; bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1961)

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.