Provenance
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner; Walter Kern [1898-1966], Winterthur (Lugt 1567a); Erna Kirchner, Kirchner's wife, acquired from Walter Kern, June 20, 1940. Hans Bolliger, Zurich (?); [1] (Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 21 June 1985, no. 104); (via Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, DC (Lugt 4739); gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] Derived from correspondence between Ruth Kainen and Bob Rifkind, August 13, 1985, in which the former mentions the "Bollinger" collection in relation to the present object.
Die Neuen Häuser (The New Houses) (in-text plate) from mock-up of Georg Heym: Umbra Vitae (Georg Heym: Shadow of Life)
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig1912/1922
Accession Number
2012.92.40.33
Medium
woodcut from a bound volume with 51 woodcuts (including cover and front and back endpapers) on wove paper
Dimensions
book: 21.7 × 14.5 × 1.3 cm (8 9/16 × 5 11/16 × 1/2 in.)
Classification
Volume
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen