Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman)

Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman)

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Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman)
Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman)
ArtistGerman, 1884–1976
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman)
Date1922
PlaceGermany
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsBlock: 19 7/16 × 15 1/2 in. (49.4 × 39.4 cm)
 Sheet: 27 7/8 × 21 7/8 in. (70.8 × 55.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number97.124
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "States of Mind: Modern Works of Paper and The Psyche," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 18, 2003 - February 29, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In pencil, verso: "Silverpine H.280" and "M17877 R744 IXXVII Sch. 280 48631/c F69-682."
The woodcut is signed in pencil, under image: "2217" and signature.

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