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An image of The kiss by Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens

(Germany 1868–1940)

Title
The kiss
Alternative title:
Der Kuss
Year
1898
Media category
Print
Materials used
colour woodcut
Dimensions

27.2 x 21.6cm image; 36.1 x 27.6cm sheet

Signature & date
Signed l.c. image, [incised block] "B". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1982
Accession number
211.1982
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (4)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Fin de Siècle, Sydney, Jan 1994. no catalogue numbers

Nicholas Draffin (Australia, b.1943, d.1995) (Author), Prints in Germany 1880-1940, Domain, 1989, 2, 3. no catalogue numbers

Christine Dixon (Author), Secession: Modern art and design in Austria and Germany 1890s-1920s, Canberra, 2000, 17. no catalogue numbers

Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Sydney, 1986. cat.no. 207

Exhibition history (5)

The edge of the world, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 05 Jul 1985–25 Aug 1985.

Five years on: a selection of acquisitions 1981-1986, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Sep 1986–23 Nov 1986.

Prints in Germany 1880-1940, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 28 Oct 1989–07 Jan 1990.

Fin de Siècle: posters prints drawings from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Jan 1994–13 Mar 1994.

Secession: Modern art and design in Austria and Germany 1980s-1920s, National Gallery of Australia, 06 May 2000–06 Aug 2000.