Sandbagger on the Elbe
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)German, 1880–1938
CultureGerman
Titles
- Sandbagger on the Elbe
Date1908
MediumEtching and flat bite from a zinc plate on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 4 5/8 × 5 7/16 in. (11.7 × 13.8 cm)
Sheet (at open): 5 15/16 × 6 5/8 in. (15.1 × 16.9 cm)
Sheet (at open): 5 15/16 × 6 5/8 in. (15.1 × 16.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert
Object number2024.697
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
1 Gustav Schiefler was a Modernist art collection, art historian, and proponent of German Expressionism. Schiefler was one of the “passive members” of the German Expressionist movement Die Brücke.
Exhibition History"In Opposition: German Expressionist Printmaking" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 12-Sept. 17, 2025 [Seventh Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Published References None known for this impression Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Initialed in printed ink, in plate, bottom left corner: ELK
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: E.L. Kirchner [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Eigendruck [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: E.L. Kirchner [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Eigendruck [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Watermark: none known
Catalogue raisonnéDube 1967, vo. 1, 46
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