Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Frauenkopf (Head of a Woman)

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Artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884–1976)German, 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

Object number97.124

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 207

On view

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Prints and Drawings

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PRINTS

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

"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]
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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