Ludwig Schames Frankfurt a M Grafik E L Kirchner (Ludwig Schames Frankfurt a M Graphic Art E L Kirchner)

1919/1920

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image features bold, angular shapes and sharp, jagged lines that form an abstract composition against a blue background. The top of the image exhibits swirling shapes while below, a series of pointed figures suggests the forms of a person standing amidst large flowers or foliage. The text on the left reads "Ludwig Schames Frankfurt," and the text on the right states "Grafik E L Kirchner." The composition resembles a woodcut style, reminiscent of early 20th-century German Expressionist art.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gallery catalog with woodcut cover illustration in black on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 x 14.6 cm (7 x 5 3/4 in.)
    book: 28.1 x 22.5 cm, 0.2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 7/8 in., 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.75.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 737

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 27, 1994, lot 538); Mrs. Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington D.C. (Lugt 4739); gift to NGA, 2007.

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Exhibition History

2014

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

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967.

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