Selbstportrait. 1905/06.
Woodcut.
Gercken 60. Dube 100. Signed and inscribed "Handdruck". From an edition of six known copies. On gray firm laid paper. 18.7 x 8 cm (7.3 x 3.1 in). Sheet: 36,5 x 16,5 cm (14,3 x 6,4 in).

• Hand-printed by the artist.
• Of the six known copies of this rare woodcut six are museum-owned: one is at the Kunstmuseum Basel, one at the Kirchner Museum Davos and one at the Brücke-Museum, Berlin.
• This is teh first time that a copy of this woodcutr is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice).
• Confident self-portrait of the young "Brücke" artist.
• Rare narrow portrait format.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Glöckner, Cologne.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1997, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 293, SHG no. 661 (with illu.).