Harbor at Burgstaaken

1913

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows a dock area with boats from an elevated viewpoint. The composition includes architectural and natural elements, with a boat in the foreground. In the background, there are buildings and a tall, thin structure against the sky. The style is characterized by bold lines and crosshatching, creating movement and texture. The color scheme is monochromatic, using shades of beige and black to emphasize the scene's linear quality and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.4 x 16.8 cm (5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 x 40.5 cm (14 x 15 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.713

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 156

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unverkäuflich E.L. Kirchner (described in L.1570a-d). Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L.1570b) R 154. (Kunsthandel Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf). (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased November 15, 2005; 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) 156

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: EL Kirchner; top right verso by later hand in graphite: Rottluff; left edge verso by later hand in purple pencil: 141; bottom left by later hand in graphite: K 9461; 9118

Wikidata ID

Q76557743

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