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Liegender Akt (Reclining Nude)
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CultureGerman
Titles
  • Liegender Akt (Reclining Nude)
Date1906
MediumWoodcut on Japanese paper
DimensionsBlock: 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in. (14.4 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet (at open): 8 1/16 × 10 1/4 in. (20.4 × 26.1 cm)
Frame: 18 3/8 × 20 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (46.7 × 52.4 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert
Object number2025.408
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1906; [Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago, IL, by 2012]; Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert, Cypress, TX, 2012-2025; given to MFAH, 2025.
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 for this impression Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Artist monogram in printed ink, in block, top left corner: S-R
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below block, right bottom edge: Schmidt-Rottluff [cursive] 1906
Verso: [inaccessible]
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Catalogue raisonnéSchapire H3; Wietek 65

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