The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Mountain Fir Trees
1920
(German, 1880–1938)
Catalogue raisonné: Dube 349
Location: not on view
Description
In 1920 Kirchner published the essay “Über Kirchners Graphic” (On Kirchner’s Prints) under the alias Louis de Marsalle, in which “de Marsalle” described Kirchner’s process of working on copper plates outdoors. To make small etchings such as this, he would “take the plates with him without difficulty to make the first under-drawing directly from nature. Thus the etching contained . . . the most immediate hieroglyphs.” The directness of the resulting etching was for Kirchner like a daily diary that recorded his encounters with nature and its endless forms.- Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).German Expressionist Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 7-October 5, 1980).Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1963.71