Split-Identity in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Woodcut Cycle "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte"

• Autores: Sherwin Simmons
• Localización: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, ISSN 0044-2992, Vol. 70, Nº. 3, 2007, págs. 409-432
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • The writer discusses Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (1915), a cycle of seven woodcuts with a lithographed cover illustrating a story about a man who lost his shadow (1813) by Adelbert von Chamisso. The writer addresses various aspects of the cycle, in particular the theme of a split identity and the role the cycle played in the artist's effort to shape his public image during a psychological crisis exacerbated by his military service during 1915.