Cocotte on the Street, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Cocotte on the Street
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Cocotte on the Street, 1915


Blatt
455 x 398 mm
Druckstock
345 x 245 mm
Physical Description
Woodcut (colour block) on Japanese paper 1st state (of 3)
Inventory Number
SG 4373
Object Number
SG 4373 D
Acquisition
Acquired in 1981
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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In front of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, a cocotte with an umbrella comes straight towards the viewer as in a film close-up. In its technical and compositional interlocking of form and colour, this colour woodcut from two blocks anticipates the woodcut series on “Peter Schlemihl” (inv. no. 65603-65610). The three variations of the Städel Museum bear witness to Kirchner’s experimental handling of the printing technique. Whereas the print made from the block with the fundamental elements of the drawing (the so-called drawing block) can stand its ground as a composition in its own right (inv. no. SG 4372), the example solely in black from the block actually cut for the coloured areas (the colour block) has the appearance of a photo negative (inv. no. SG 4373). In the third example (inv. no. 65598), the artist first printed the drawing block in black, and then, over it, pale impressions of the colour block and the drawing block inked partially in monotype manner.

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15.11.2024