Alfred Döblin. Das Stiftsfräulein und der Tod. Eine Novelle. 1912.
Booklet with 5 Woodcuts.
One of 500 copies. 11.5 x 8.4 cm (4.5 x 3.3 in). Sheet: 23,4 x 18 cm (9,2 x 7,1 in).
5 woodcuts with text leaves and title page, loose string binding. Contains the woodcuts: 'Das Stiftsfräulein am Nähtisch', 'Das Stiftsfräulein im See', 'Stiftsfräulein im Garten', 'Sterbendes altes Fräulein'. [JS].

• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's first book illustration.
• Significant graphic document from the "Brücke" days
• Other copies are in international museums like the National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge; The Art Institute, Chicago; Kirchner Museum, Davos; Kunstmuseum Basel.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from Bassenge in 1984, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 1 (until 1916), Berlin 1924/1926, no. H. 184-188.
Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, no. 199-203.
Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 7, Bern 2021, no. A-74-A-78.
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Bassenge, Berlin, auction in May 1984.
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 157, SHG no. 155-159 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 323, SHG no. 728-732 (illu.).

In good condition. Slightly browned, title page and spine more distinct, as well as slightly rubbed and soiled and partially foxed. Title page with faint diagonal crease at top left and faintly visible trace of writing and printing at right.