Mountains (Berge)

1920

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image displays intersecting lines and sweeping curves. The abstract composition is reminiscent of mountainous landscapes with jagged peaks and steep valleys. The overlapping layers and darker shading suggest depth, similar to shadows on rocky terrain. The visual elements convey movement and complexity, like a rugged mountain range.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and tonal etching in black, touched with gray ink, on blotting paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.1 x 24.8 cm (12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 56.8 x 39.7 cm (22 3/8 x 15 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.66.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 348, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kirchner estate (L.Supp.1570b annotated R 313 II). (Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 1977); [1] (Alice Adam, Chicago); [2] (Lunn Gallery/Graphics International, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased December 22, 1978; gift to NGA, 1990.
[1] According to an appraisal document for the above composition in the donor archive.
[2] According to a handwritten note on the receipt, this print came to Graphics International via Alice Adam.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967.

1985

  • NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 19, repro. p.27.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: Kirchner.Berge 20; inscriptions on verso by later hands in graphite, lower left verso: II=Sch 313 II; lower left verso: #144 / 2.[?] W4837

Watermarks

LO[?] HUBER FRERES WINTERTHUR SILK

Wikidata ID

Q74885180

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