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Head of Bosshart by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — VisualArtsDB

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Head of Bosshart

Head of Bosshart

Head of Bosshart

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

1920

Medium: Woodcut in black, printed through rubbing, on white imitation Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image: 55.5 × 39.3 cm (21 7/8 × 15 1/2 in.); Sheet: 66.5 × 41.8 cm (26 3/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
Genre: Woodcut
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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