About This Artwork

Wilhelm Lehmbruck
German, 1881–1919

Bust of Kneeling Girl, 1911

Cast stone
19 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (49.5 x 47 x 34.3 cm)
Signed on back, proper right: "W. LEHMBRUCK"
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1939.406

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Arts Club, Lehmbruck Exhibition, May 19–June 10, 1939, no. 4.

Publication History

Art Institute of Chicago, Bulletin (1940), pp. 41–42 (ill.).

Ownership History

Buchholz Gallery, New York, by 1939. Robert Allerton, Chicago, by 1939. Gift to Art Institute, 1939.