Three Bathers in the Sea, c. 1914

Not on View

Medium

black crayon

Dimensions

overall: 68.1 x 37.6 cm (26 13/16 x 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Accession Number

1984.94.1

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (artist) German, 1880 - 1938

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in black chalk: ELKirchner; lower left verso in graphite:K8353 / C2177 / C2177 / K8353; lower left verso in black ink: K Be/B/48; lower center verso: 11136; lower right verso: drei Bruder [?] in Meere / hinter (illegible) / 8010

Provenance

E.L. Kirchner (Lugt Supp.1570b). (Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 21, 1983; gift to NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Ketterer, Roman Norbert

Exhibition History

1985: Landscape Drawings from the National Gallery’s Collection, Washington, D.C., 1985.

1992: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992.

2014: Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.