Head of a Violinist (Kopf des Geigers)

Erich Heckel

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970). Head of a Violinist (Kopf des Geigers), 1907. Woodcut on heavy wove paper, Image: 7 7/8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (29.1 x 28.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 38.798. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Head of a Violinist (Kopf des Geigers)

Date

1907

Geography

Place made: Germany

Medium

Woodcut on heavy wove paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 7 7/8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (29.1 x 28.6 cm)

Signatures

Lower left in block: "H 07" Signed, "Erich Heckel" lower right margin, in pencil

Inscriptions

Lower right in graphite: "E Heckel 05"; bottom left: "Kopf des Geigers" Verso lower left in graphite" "38.798"

Markings

Verso stamped lower left: "BROOKLYN MUSEUM/BROOKLYN, N.Y." in rectangle (Lugt 307b)

Credit Line

By exchange

Accession Number

38.798

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