Dancers in Studio

1911

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts flowing and angular lines creating an abstract representation of two human figures amidst geometric shapes. One figure wears an angular dress and interacts with abstract background shapes, while the other figure is sketched with curving lines suggesting movement, with a pattern resembling stripes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 18 x 20.7 cm (7 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 19 x 22 cm (7 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.712

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 137

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unverkäuflich E.L. Kirchner (described in L.1570a-d). Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 137. (Christie's, London, June 30, 1988, lot 605); (via Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967, no. (I) 137

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: EL Kirchner; bottom edge by later hand in graphite: Sch I 137 KN(A) Tänzerinnen im Atelier 1909-13; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: K 9517; 129; 9174; lower right verso by later hand in purple pencil: 124

Wikidata ID

Q76557741

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