Mountain Stream with Bathers

1934

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image displays swirling and intersecting lines on a textured background, creating an abstract composition. The lines form a complex pattern resembling a chaotic yet harmonious dance. There are hints of familiar forms such as wisps of smoke or loose strands of hair, adding organic movement to the design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.1 x 19.2 cm (9 7/8 x 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 44.1 x 28.4 cm (17 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.729

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 636

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R Da/Aa 1 II. (Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased June 21, 1983; 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) 636

Inscriptions

bottom left by later hand in graphite: NL 641 II; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: K 8996 / C 3183; lower right verso by later hand in graphite: 8653

Watermarks

UTO-BLOTTING

Wikidata ID

Q76557780

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