Der Kopf

Artist Ernst Barlach (German, 1870-1938)

Publisher Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1919

Author Reinhold von Walter (German, 1882-1956)

Date1919

DimensionsBook: H: 12 3/16 in. (309 mm); W: 9 1/8 in. (232 mm); Depth: 7/16 in. (11 mm).
Page: H: 12 in. (305 mm); W: 9 in. (229 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 11 woodcuts (incl. duplicate on front cover). Text: letterpress. Paper: ivory laid paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.229

Not on View

Label TextThe poem, illustrated by Barlach's first series of woodcuts, tells of a giant beggar-king who victimizes a multitude of people. Aspects of the pessimistic text were partially inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1918.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 2.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Great War: Art on the Frontline, Jul. 25-Oct. 19, 2014.