Artist: Kurt Seligmann (1900 - 1962)
Nationality: Swiss-American
Movement: Surrealism
Media: Painting, Printmaking, Design
Influences:

Biography:
Kurt Seligmann was born in Switzerland, eventually becoming an American citizen. He lived in Paris form 1929 to 1938 where he became a member of the Surrealist movement. In 1939, he moved to the United States and settled in NewYork City. There, he made sets for ballet and other dance performances. Seligmann also wrote a book about one of his other interests, the occult and titled it The Mirror of Magic.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Kurt Seligmann New Year's Greeting with Painter's Studio Etching 1941
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Kurt Seligmann New Year's Greeting with Surrealist Figure Etching 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saint Catherine of Alexandria Workshop of Bernardo Cavallino (Italian, Neapolitan, 1616-1654)Oil on canvas; 50 1/4
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Kurt Schwitters Merz 8 Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Max Kaus Kopf, plate at p. 309 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 woodcut 1920
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Kurt Schwitters Composition with head in left profile Lithograph 1921
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AndrÈ Rouveyre Kopf, plate at p. 321 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 woodcut 1920
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Georg Ehrlich Trˆstung, plate at p. 129 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 lithograph 1920
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Frans Masereel Business-man, plate at p. 159 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 woodcut 1920
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner frontispiece for the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled, pg. 29, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner title page in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Erich Heckel M‰dchenkopf, plate at p. 115 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 woodcut 1920
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled, at end of table of contents, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Vˆgel ," pg. 45, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die St‰dte ," pg. 19, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
Museum of Fine Arts -
Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 Dancer about 1880 Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard 76.8 x
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels and a Donor Vittore Crivelli (Italian, Venetian, active
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Multiple Artists Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 book with original pieces in various media and reproductions 1920
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Meerst‰dte ," pg. 20, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Morgue ," pg. 5, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Frˆhlichkeit ," pg. 33, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Krieg ," pg. 3, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Messe ," pg. 61, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Hymne ," pg. 62, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Seefahrer ," pg. 10, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Mond ," pg. 17, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Irren, I ," pg. 24, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Judas ," pg. 59, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Pilatus ," pg. 57, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Simson ," pg. 41, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Nacht III ," pg. 39, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Hˆfe Luden uns ein... ," pg. 42, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Nebelst‰dte ," pg. 43, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Allerseelen ," pg. 44, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Tauben II ," pg. 46, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Garten ," pg. 58, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Irren, II ," pg. 26, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Winter ," pg. 37, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Kata ," pg. 31, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Nacht ," pg. 34, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Stadt ," pg. 32, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Irren, III ," pg. 27, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Verfluchung Der St‰dte V ," pg. 30, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Umbra Vitae ," pg. 1, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Stadt der Qual ," pg. 22, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Das Infernalische Abendmahl ," pg. 48, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Schlˆsser ," pg. 21, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Halber Schlaf ," pg. 36, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Mit Den Fahrenden Schiffen ," pg. 15, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Hora Mortis ," pg. 56, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Sterbende Faun ," pg. 35, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Blinden Frauen ," pg. 38, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die Neuen H‰user ," pg. 40, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Bemerkung des Verlages ," in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Der Garten der Irren ," pg. 12, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Kurt Tuch Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) book with 29 color stencil prints after watercolors 1920
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic, Augustine, Margaret, and Barbara Netherlandish (Antwerp) Painter, about 1510Oil
Museum of Fine Arts -
Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian, 1886-1980 Publisher Kurt Wolff, German, 20th century Die Traeumenden Knaben The Dreaming
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Spitzkˆpfig Kommt Er... ," pg. 13, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Alle Landschaften haben ," pg. 14, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Kurt Tuch illustration in the book Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist (Berlin: Julius Bard, [ca. 1920]) color stencil print after a watercolor 1920
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Meine Seele: Gologangi Gewidmet ," pg. 52, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper 1924
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Untitled headpiece for chapter titled "Die T‰nzerin in der Gemme: Robert Jentzsch Gewidmet ," pg. 55, in the book Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Woodcut on cream laid paper
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Kurt Schwitters - Self Portrait 1940 ink and crayon Arkansas Arts Center German
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Umbra Vitae: Nachgelassene Gedichte by Georg Heym (Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1924). Book with 47 woodcuts (color) on cream laid paper, cream laid endpapers with woodcuts in pink (front and back); publisher's yellow linen binding with conti
Museum of Fine Arts -
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640 Mercury and a Sleeping Herdsman Oil on panel 63.5
Museum of Fine Arts -
Unidentified artist, French, second half 17th century Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Pearl Necklace
Museum of Fine Arts -
Bernardo di Lorenzo di Cecco, Italian (Umbrian), about 1440-1522/25 Saint Sebastian Fresco transferred to canvas
Museum of Fine Arts -
Aert de Gelder, Dutch, 1645-1727 Schoolmaster with his Pupils Oil on canvas 101.0 x 127.6
Museum of Fine Arts -
Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903 Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We
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Paulus Moreelse Shepherdess oil on panel 16th - 17th century

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Kurt Seligmann / Untitled / 1952
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