Head of a Woman

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Head of a Woman, 1913. carved and painted oak.

carved and painted oak · overall with base: 50.8 x 32.7 x 31.27 cm · National Gallery of Art · Die Brücke

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Museum title: Head of a Woman
Artist: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880 - 1938
Date: 1913
Medium: carved and painted oak
Dimensions: overall with base: 50.8 x 32.7 x 31.27 cm (20 x 12 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.) overall without base: 35.56 x 14.92 x 16.03 cm (14 x 5 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.) base: 15.2 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm (6 x 7 x 6 in.)
Credit line: Patrons' Permanent Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: National Gallery of Art

Artist’s life 1880–1938

Die Brücke c. 1905–1913

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.