Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Strassenbild Dresden (Salzgasse) (Street Scene Dresden) Woodcut, 1905, on stiff laid paper, Gercken’s second (final) state, very rare, signed in pen and ink and inscribed in pencil Holzschnitt lower right, with the estate stamp verso Subject: 15.7 x 12.7 cm Literature: Schiefler H 20; Dube H 63; Gerken 44 Provenance: The Estate of the Artist; Probably Karl und Faber, Munich 1970; Probably Karl und Faber Munich Auktion 259 1 June 1973 lot 658; P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1974 Gerken knew of one impression of the first state before additional lightening of the smoke at centre and the bush at the right; and four examples of the second state (one in the museum in Karlsruhe). The present example appears to match the description of the example at auction in 1973 (previously in 1970) ©MFA, Boston