Head of a Woman (Kopf Groß)
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 11 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (29 x 26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.100.5
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Art Historical Context
Wilhelm Lehmbruck's *Head of a Woman (Kopf Groß)*, created in 1912, captures the German artist's emerging Expressionist vision through the intimate medium of drypoint. Lehmbruck, a sculptor and printmaker best known for his elongated, emotive figures, produced this striking portrait at a pivotal moment in his career. Living in Paris and Meudon during this period, he drew inspiration from Auguste Rodin while developing his own modernist style, marked by psychological depth and stylized forms that convey inner turmoil and grace. Drypoint, etched directly into a copper plate with a sharp needle,...
About the Artist
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881–1919) was a German sculptor whose elongated, melancholic figures rank among the most moving works produced by European Expressionism. Born in Duisburg-Meiderich into a working-class family, Lehmbruck studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Düsseldorf and later at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he mastered the academic tradition before pushing beyond it toward a more pers...