Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
Sitzender junger Bauer. 1920.
Woodcut.
Titled, dated “19,” and inscribed “I.Z.” On the reverse, the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b), with the handwritten registration numbers “H 403 I” and “H 403 II.”. The to date only known print from the first state. On firm wove paper. 46 x 35 cm (18.1 x 13.7 in). Sheet: 50,2 x 38 cm (19,7 x 14,9 in).
Second state printed on the reverse. [AW].
• Extremely rare: the only known print of this state to date.
• In the same family collection for over 60 years.
• A copy of the third state is held by the Kirchner Museum, Davos.

PROVENANCE: Artist’s estate (with estate stamp on the reverse).
Galerie Stangl, Munich.
Private collection, Munich (acquired from the above in 1964, Klipstein & Kornfeld).
In the family’s possession ever since.

LITERATURE: Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, Vol. 5 (1920–1924), Bern 2019, CR no. 1188 I (of III).
Annemarie and Wolfgang Dube, E.L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, CR no. H 422 I (of III).
Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 2 (1917–1927), Berlin-Charlottenburg 1931, CR no. H 403.
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Klipstein & Kornfeld, Bern, 108th Auction, May 25, 1962, lot 511.

In good condition, beautiful impression. The edges of the sheet are slightly irregularly trimmed and show some light wear, particularly around the corners of the image. A few small, expertly restored tears along the left edge of the sheet, as well as one on the left edge of the sheet. The right edge of the sheet is slightly browned. The lower edge of the sheet has two brownish spots and is slightly discolored. In the upper area near the left edge of the sheet, there are also two small brown spots, and the sheet is slightly creased in this upper area, but outside the image
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