Self-portrait
Self-portrait

© 2013 Erich Heckel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Self-portrait
Self-portrait

Currently not on view

Self-portrait,

1917

Erich Heckel, German, 1883–1970
x1961-40
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Information

Title
Self-portrait
Dates

1917

Maker
Erich Heckel
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 36.2 × 29.5 cm (14 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.) sheet: 61 x 48.2 cm. (24 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
x1961-40
Place Made

Europe, Germany

Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right: Erich Heckel 17
Marks/Labels/Seals
Two signatures in graphite in unknown hand, lower left and right corners: [both illegible]
Culture
German, European
Type
prints, woodcuts
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
figures (representations), Expressionist, men, self-portraits

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