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