Self-Portrait, 1914

ArtistKarl Schmidt-Rottluff, Chemnitz 1884–1976 Berlin

PrintPan-Presse, 1908–1922

Drucker*inFritz Voigt, DE, worked from 1919 until 1933

DepictedKarl Schmidt-Rottluff, Chemnitz 1884–1976 Berlin

Woodcut (spruce) on laid paper

Sheet dimensions50,5 × 37 cm

Image dimensions36,2 × 29,6 cm

Status

on display, room 018.4

About the workThis woodcut self-portrait was published in an edition of 50 copies by Verlag Karl Lang in 1914. Hans Lühdorf acquired this work from Galerie Vömel in Düsseldorf between 1939 and 1945. During the era of National Socialism, the young lawyer established a collection of prints whose character was at odds with the officially endorsed style of art that was devoted to the idealisation of nature. What ignited Lühdorf’s passion for collecting was, of all things, a travelling exhibition of “degenerate” art that had been organised by the authorities in 1937 to deter the public.

AccessionGift 1964

Provenance[...]; o.D. Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf; zwischen Anfang 1939 und 1945 Dr. Hans Lühdorf (Düsseldorf 1910 - 1983 Düsseldorf) erworben von der Galerie Alex Vömel; 1964 erworben durch Schenkung von Hans Lühdorf

Inventory numberK 1964-95

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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