The following catalogue lists the German Expressionist prints exhibited in "Walking a Tightrope." Click on the artist's name for a gallery of thumbnails. Click on the titles to view the individual print. To access the college's art collection, please visit: cat.lib.grin.edu:82/screens/opacmenu.html .
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Franz Marc
Tiger (Tiger), 1912
Woodcut, 20.0 x 24.0 (29.7 x 37.1)
Maria Marc edition (posthumous, ca. 10)
Initialed M in block and pencil signed by Maria Marc on verso
Ref. Lankheit 833
Fig. 10
Frans Masereel
Business-man (Businessman), 1920
Woodcut, 20.7 x 16.0 (34.2 x 24.5)
Genius 2.1 (1920) edition (size unknown)
Initialed FM in block
Ref. Unknown
Georg A. Mathey
Kreuzigung (Crucifixion), 1919
Plate 8 from Zehn Holzschnitte zur Bibel (Ten Woodcuts from the Bible), 1921
Woodcut, 24.7 x 20.4 (37.0 x 25.2)
Edition of 150
Pencil signed
Ref. Unknown
Ludwig Meidner
Bildnis J. B. Neumann (Portrait of J. B. Neumann), 1914
Drypoint, 14.9 x 11.8 (33.4 x 24.6)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Unknown, not in Flammann
Ludwig Meidner
Sensenmann über apokalyptischer Stadt (Reaper over Apocalyptic City), 1918
Plate 2 from Septemberschrei (September Cry), 1920
Lithograph, 20.2 x 14.6 (27.5 x 19.3)
Prepublication edition of 100
Pencil signed
Ref. Flammann 17
Fig. 11
Ludwig Meidner
Selbstbildnis (Ludwig Meidner III) (Self-Portrait [Ludwig Meidner III]), 1919
Drypoint, 21.0 x 18.9 (39.5 x 29.5)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Flammann 53
Fig. 8
Ludwig Meidner
Schuster Petersen, ein Kommunist (The Shoemaker Petersen, a Communist), 1919
Drypoint, 19.5 x 17.8 (32.5 x 26.0)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Flammann 44
Fig. 7
Ludwig Meidner
Alter Mann (Old Man), 1919
Lithograph, 32.0 x 30.0 (41.2 x 31.0)
Die Schaffenden 1.4 (1919) edition of 125
Pencil signed
Ref. Not in Flammann
Fig. 2
Ludwig Meidner
Porträt Ernst Sander (Portrait of Ernst Sander), 1920
Drypoint, 19.4 x 15.8 (45.0 x 31.2)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Flammann 70
Ludwig Meidner
Selbstbildnis mit Stift auf Arm gestützt (Self-Portrait with Crayon), 1922
Also titled Selbstbildnis (Ludwig Meidner XXXI) (Self-Portrait [Ludwig Meidner XXXI])
Drypoint and etching, 26.5 x 20.6 (41.0 x 31.0)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Flammann 217
Ludwig Meidner
Selbstbildnis, mit Radiernadel (Self-Portrait, with Etching Needle), 1923
Also titled Selbstbildnis (Ludwig Meidner XXVIII) (Self-Portrait [Ludwig Meidner XXVIII])
Drypoint and etching, 26.6 x 20.9 ( 40.0 x 29.8)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Flammann 199
Otto Mueller
Ein sitzendes und ein kniendes Mädchen unter Blättern (One Seated and One Kneeling Girl Among Foliage), 1920
Lithograph, 17.5 x 23.7 (24.0 x 32.2)
Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (1920) edition, size unknown
Unsigned Ref. Karsch, Otto Mueller 110 c
Richard Müller
Auf Freiersfüssen (Courting), 1914
Etching, 40.0 x 28.8 (56.6 x 44.5)
Edition of 191 (22 on copper plate; 169 on steel faced plate)
Signed in plate
Ref. Günther 70
Richard Müller
Krebse (Crabs), 1918
Etching 7.0 x 32.8 (17.5 x 44.6)
Edition of 84 (34/84)
Pencil Signed
Ref. Günther 89
Emil Orlik
Der Schrifsteller Hermann Bahr (The Writer Hermann Bahr), 1908
Etching and aquatint, 29.4 x 19.1 (35.6 x 25.6)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Matsche 220
Max Pechstein
Der Kritiker (Dr. Paul Fechter) (The Critic [Dr. Paul Fechter]), 1921
Drypoint, 39.5 x 31.2 (44.9 x 44.0)
Proof before three regular editions totaling 275
Pencil signed
Ref. Krüger R 124
Fig. 13
Max Pechstein
Kopf eines bärtigen Fischers (Head of a Bearded Fisherman), 1921
Woodcut, 40.0 x 32.0 (50.5 x 37.5)
Bauhaus Drucke: Neue europaeische Graphik 5. Mappe Deutsche Künstler (1921) edition of 110
Pencil signed
Ref. Krüger H 245
Max Pechstein
Dein Reich komme (Thy Kingdom Come), 1921
Plate 4 from Das Vater Unser (The Lord’s Prayer)
Handcolored woodcut, 40.0 x 29.7 (59.5 x 41.0)
Edition of 250, edition “A” ( “A” - 50; “B” - 200 uncolored)
Pencil signed
Ref. Krüger H 260
Fig. 15
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Frauenkopf (Woman’s Head), 1915
Woodcut, 17.3 x 23.9 (25.0 x 36.3)
Genius 1.1 (1919) edition, size unknown
Unsigned
Ref. Schapire, Schmidt-Rottluff 189
Title Page Image
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Mutter (Mother), 1916
Plate 1 from Zehn Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff (Ten Woodcuts by Schmidt-Rottluff)
Woodcut, 36.5 x 30.7 (58.8 x 48.0)
Edition of 75
Pencil signed
Ref. Schapire, Schmidt-Rottluff 194
Fig. 26
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Menschenpaar (Couple), 1917
Woodcut, 22.0 x 16.0 (28.3 x 21.7)
Das Kunstblatt 2.2 (Feb. 1918) edition, size unknown
Unsigned
Ref. Schapire, Schmidt-Rottluff 199
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Christus und Judas (Christ and Judas), 1918
Plate 8 from 9 Holzschnitte (9 Woodcuts)
Woodcut, 39.5 x 50.0 (50.6 x 65.0)
Edition of 75
Pencil signed
Ref. Schapire, Schmidt-Rottluff 218
Fig. 12
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Russische Landschaft (Russian Landscape), 1918
Woodcut, 20.2 x 26.2 (35.2 x 51.0)
Edition size unknown
Pencil signed
Ref. Schapire, Schmidt-Rottluff 230
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Lesender Mann (Man Reading), 1921
Woodcut, 28.0 x 19.9 (34.8 x 25.2)
Genius 3.2 (1921) edition, size unknown
Unsigned
Ref. Schapire, Schmidt-Rottluff 274
Heinrich Tischler
Selbstbildnis mit Brille (Self-Portrait with Glasses), 1937
Etching and drypoint, 17.8 x 11.6 (38.0 x 27.7)
Proof, edition unknown
In pencil L. L. Tischler/Probedruck
Ref. Unknown
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