The Art Dealer Ludwig Schames, 1917

ArtistErnst Ludwig Kirchner, Aschaffenburg 1880–1938 Frauenkirch (Davos)

DepictedLudwig Schames, Frankfurt am Main 1852–1922 Frankfurt am Main

Woodcut

State/print versionI/III

Sheet dimensions58,8 × 46 cm

Status

not on display

About the workDrawing from memory, the German artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner carved the portrait of Ludwig Schames (1852–1922) in front of the nude figure of a woman into wood. He had last met his Frankfurt art dealer in person two years earlier. While staying at a Swiss sanatorium, Kirchner did not have access to a printing press and thus ground the print block by hand. This resulted in the contrast between the areas and the lines in the face, hair and beard, which appear as if painted. The elongated depiction of Kirchner’s patron arose from the use of the reverse side of an irregularly curved print block.

AccessionAcquisition 1955

Provenance[...]; 11.08.1955 erworben von C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf

Inventory numberK 1955-201

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