Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (Peter Schlemihl's Wondrous Story) (Title Page)
Medium
color woodcut printed from one block on medium thick wove paper
Dimensions
block: 29.2 x 26.2 cm (11 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 41.2 x 35.4 cm (16 1/4 x 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
New Century Fund and Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
1999.68.1
About the Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1880–1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880, in Aschaffenburg, Germany, to parents Ernst and Maria Kirchner, part of a family of Prussian descent that frequently relocated due to his father's career as a chemical technician. After early schooling in various towns, he studied architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Dresden from 1901 to 1905, taking courses i...