Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf) / Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1949/1.175
- Title
- Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf)
- Artist
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1884 - 1976
- Medium and Support
- wood cut on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1916
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Expressionist
- Inscription
- Page from a Book; printed on back: SCHMIDT ROTTLUFF:Frauenkopf.Holzschnitt
- Dimensions
- 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm (12 in. x 9 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- A monumentally stylized head of a woman. Her head is tilted slighty to the viewer's right. Her eyes, nose, and lips are large and almost mask-like. She appears to be wearing a hat of a modern style. Shading is executed with powerful parallel lines and cross-hatching. The year of the work's execution, 1916, appears in the lower right.
- Subject Matter
- One from a nunber of woodcut prints from the time that he was convalescing after serving in the First World War. "Head of a Woman" also shows the artist's stylistic interest in the art of non-western cultures, especially their treatment of the human figure.
- Secondary Keywords
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- european
- european styles and periods
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european styles and movements
- movement
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- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 935 x 1263
- File Size
- 128 KB
- Record
- 1949/1.175
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.175/1949_1.175.jpg
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"Head of a Woman (Frauenkopf); Karl Schmidt-Rottluff." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.175/1949_1.175.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
