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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows a linear drawing of a person in a minimalist style, displayed from the knees upward. The figure is depicted in a reclining position, potentially leaning against a vertical surface, with a focus on the torso, arms, and head. The face is abstract with prominent eyes and a small nose, and the hair is illustrated with sweeping lines indicating a bob style. The person is undressed, outlined with simple lines suggesting the form, with one arm extended downward. The background is basic, with minimal lines indicating a setting, against a textured backdrop resembling light brown paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on wove buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.5 × 14.3 cm (9 5/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.667

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E.L. Kirchner estate, Basel (Lugt 1570b). (Franz Bader Inc, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased August 8, 1967; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992 (no cat.)

Inscriptions

on verso, in pen and black ink: F Da/Bg 42; on verso, in graphite, by various later hands: Feder; 2161430-G; 20068

Wikidata ID

Q64559852

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