Artist:
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Erich Heckel
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Title:
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Standing Nude
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Date:
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1912
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Medium:
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Woodcut
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Dimensions:
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21 x 7 3/8 in. (53.34 x 18.73 cm) (image, greatest dimension)
29 x 22 1/8 in. (73.66 x 56.2 cm) (sheet)
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Credit Line:
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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Location:
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Gallery 344
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German Expressionism is often characterized with the term angst-fear, anxiety, anguish. But the Expressionists also captured joy and pleasure as is seen in this portrayal of curvaceous young woman fixing her hair during an outing to one of the beautiful lakes nearby the city of Dresden.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Heckel, Erich
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1883 - 1970
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature in pencil: [Erich Heckel]
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Classification:
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Prints
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany, , ,
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Accession #:
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P.13,822
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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