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This high-contrast preparatory drawing for the first linoleum cut of the group “Autumn Evening at Sèvres“ from 1907 (Fig.1) exemplifies Gabriele Münter’s masterful handling of that printing technique. Alongside Kandinsky, she perfected her means of expression in both coloured woodcuts and linoleum cuts primarily during their time together in Paris.
The pictorial framework in white gouache shown here represents a first stage for the various plates for the fore- and background, as well as the coloured states (Fig.2). The elevation of this technique from a medium of reproduction to an autonomous work of art is already palpable in this sheet.
Fig. 1
- linoleum cut on paper, printed in black,
- signed with pencil on the verso: G. Münter
- 147 × 208 mm
- GMS 830
Fig. 2
- linoleum cut on japanese paper, printed in several colours,
inscribed lower left (translated): woodcut, hand printed - signed lower right: G. Münter
- 147 × 208 mm
- GMS 832
Fig. 3
- Gabriele Münter and
Wassily Kandinsky in Sèvres 1906