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The Head (Der Kopf)

Date:

1919

Artist:

Ernst Barlach (German, 1870-1938)
written by Reinhold von Walter (Russian, 1882-1965)
published by Pan-Presse (German, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Ernst Barlach

Title

The Head (Der Kopf)

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1919

Medium

Book with ten woodcuts in black on ivory laid paper, in slipcase

Dimensions

Slipcase: 33 × 24.9 × 0.9 cm (13 × 9 13/16 × 3/8 in.); Book: 32.4 × 24.6 × 0.6 cm (12 13/16 × 9 11/16 × 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.380

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