Sich entkleidendes Mädchen (Model 1). 1905.
Woodcut.
Gercken 29 I (of II). Dube H 60 I. One of just 2 known copies from the original first printing state showing three pictures in teh background. On slightly yellowish laid paper. 15 x 10.6 cm (5.9 x 4.1 in). Sheet: 21 x 16,3 cm (8,2 x 6,4 in).
The depicted room presumably is the Kirchner's student room on Ostbahnstraße 15 in Dresden, where the artist lived in 1905/06 (cf. Georg Reinhardt, 1977/78, mentioned in: Gercken, Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, Bern 2015, cat. no. 29).

• One of just two known copies from the original first printing state.
• Two of the six copies from the second printing, which show only two pictures in the background, are in museum ownership: the Brücke-Museum Berlin and the Buchheim Museum, Bernried.
• Significant year of creation: Kirchner, Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff, and Bleyl founded the artist group "Brücke" in 1905.

PROVENANCE: The artist's estate.
Walter Kirchner, the artist's brother.
Hans Wentzel Collection (1952, with a dedication by Walter Kirchner).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (2006, Kornfeld; with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).).

EXHIBITION: Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2006-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 1 (1-272, 1904-1908), Bern 2013, p. 52, cat. no. 29 (illustrated on p. 53)
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Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory Catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, cf.: p. 286, SHG no. 647 (illustrated) (= two copies from the second state).

In good condition. All in all with slight mount staining.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.