Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of Wilhelmina and Wallace F. Holladay and Ruth and Jacob Kainen
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Dimensions
overall: 196.1 x 65.4 cm (77 3/16 x 25 3/4 in.)
framed: 220.7 x 89.5 x 7 cm (86 7/8 x 35 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1979.66.1.a
Associated Artworks
Nude Figure [reverse]
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1907
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; his estate; (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); purchased 26 December 1978 by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Holladay, Washington, D.C., and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland; gift 1979 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1992
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no cat.
1997
Body, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1997, no. 74, repro.
2003
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938 [London title: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Dresden and Berlin Years], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 7, repro.
2005
Brüke: The Birth of German Expressionism (Brüke: El naixement de l'expressionisme alemany), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona; Berlinische Galerie, 2005-2006, no. 36, repro.
2009
Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913, Neue Galerie New York, 2009, no. 43, repro.
2018
German Expressionism: E.L. Kirchner's Imaginary Travels, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 2018-2019, pl. 14.
2019
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neue Galerie New York, 2019 - 2020, no. 4, repro.
Bibliography
1968
Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968: 331, no. 440cv, repro. 420 (mislabeled no. 440av).
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 216, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20191137