Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Schapire 274. A striking woodcut, published in 1921 for Genius. Image size: 11 x 8 inches (280 x 198 mm), on wove paper with good margins. Not signed.
This original Schmidt-Rottluff print is from GENIUS: Zeitschrift für Werdende und Alte Kunst. This art and literary project only lasted three years, but had incredible influence on German art and culture between the Wars. Some of the important artists contributing original prints included: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Richard Seewald, Franz Marc, Erich Heckel, Frans Masereel, Max Kaus, Karl Hofer, Alexander Archipenko, and others. This was a major vehicle for the German Expressionists.
Dieser Druck ist ein Original-Holzschnitt aus dem Deluxe Album Genius: Zeitschrift für Werdende und Alte Kunst. Dieses Werk erschien auf dem Höhepunkt des deutschen Expressionismus Kunstbewegung.
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