Two Girls under an Umbrella
1910
Painter, German, 1880 - 1938


East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217-A
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 95.3 x 80.3 cm (37 1/2 x 31 5/8 in.)
framed: 119.7 x 104.8 x 7 cm (47 1/8 x 41 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1992.58.1
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist [1880-1938]; his estate, Basel; (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione bei Lugano, Switzerland). Arnold A. [1916-2014] and Joan R. [1919-2019] Saltzman, Sands Point, New York; gift (partial and promised) 1992 to NGA; gift completed 2020.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1964
E. L. Kirchner, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano, Switzerland, 1964, 8-9, no. 1, color repro.
1966
Le fauvisme français et les débuts de l'Expressionisme allemand, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1966, 268, 281, no. 205, repro.
1989
From Kandinsky to Dix, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, New York, 1989-1990 (information from label on back of painting).
1992
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no cat.
2001
German Expressionist Paintings from the Saltzman Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002, brochure, fig. 3.
2019
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neue Galerie New York,, 2019 - 2020, no. 13, repro..
Bibliography
1964
E. L. Kirchner. Exh. cat. Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano, Switzerland, 1964: 8-9, no. 1, color repro.
1966
Le fauvisme français et les débuts de l'Expressionisme allemand. Exh. cat. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1966: 268, 281, no. 205, repro.
1968
Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968: 286, no. 140, repro.
Inscriptions
across top reverse: Zwei Mädchen / [...] / E L Kirchner; stamped upper left reverse: NACHLASS E.L.KIRCHNER / Dre/Bf15 [Kirchner Estate seal; "Dre" = Dresden]
Wikidata ID
Q20191500