The Sea near Staberhuk (1908): Art, History and Details

The Sea near Staberhuk (1908) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner made this print during the first year that he learned the lithographic process. In contrast to convention, he wished to make it immediately apparent that a lithograph was not a drawing. To do so, he used lithographic wash to draw right to the edges of the stone, abruptly cutting off the composition and emphasizing the stone’s irregular contour with inked edges. The spontaneity of the quickly drawn marks that mimic the weather and wind of the sea, coupled with the emphasis on the materiality of the stone, matched Kirchner’s quest for truth in his art.

Object facts

• Title: The Sea near Staberhuk
• Date: 1908
• Creator attribution: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)
• Culture: Germany, 20th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1974.104

Collection credit

Gift of Louise S. Richards in honor of William Mathewson Milliken on his 85th year

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