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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Lot 43 PROPERTY FROM THE HEIRS OF PROF. DR. CURT GLASER

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

Bauern, plaudernd (Dube H 449)

Closed20 March 2013

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GBP 16,250

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Bauern, plaudernd (Dube H 449)
woodcut, 1921, on simili Japan paper, signed in pencil, a rich and even inked impression of this rare print, Dube's second, final state, printed by the artist and inscribed Handdruck in pencil, dedicated Für Herrn Professor Glaser in black ink, with margins and slightly irregular sheet edges, with inky fingerprints and other studio traces in the margins, considerable off-setting verso, with margins, in very good original condition
B. 497 x 647 mm., S. 553 x 726 mm.

Dr. Curt Glaser (1879-1943), Berlin; the forced sale of his collection, Max Perl, Berlin, 18 and 19 May 1933, lot 965 (estimate 60 M).
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (cf. L. 1606), with their acquisition stamp dated 1933 (this stamp not in Lugt), inventory number 25 in pencil; purchased at the above sale; with their de-accession stamp dated 2012 in pencil (not in Lugt).
Restituted to the heirs of Dr. Curt Glaser in 2012.

Specialist note

We are grateful to Professor Dr. Günther Gercken, Lütjensee, Germany, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Professor Gercken is currently preparing the new catalogue raisonné of prints by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Gercken records five impressions of this print, including the present one.