Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte: Die Geliebte (Peter Schlemihl's Wondrous Story: The Beloved)

1915

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows a person seated, with most of their body visible. The person is depicted in profile, slightly hunched forward with both arms resting on their knees. They have a focused expression, with slightly furrowed brows and eyes looking towards the left side of the image. The person has dark, voluminous hair and their skin is portrayed using bold strokes of pinks and reds against a contrasting background. The figure seems unclothed and is not wearing any jewelry or holding any objects. The background consists of abstract shapes and patterns in deep reds, blues, and yellows, suggesting an enclosed space with additional elements on the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on medium thick wove paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund and Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 28.2 x 23.5 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.9 x 35.2 cm (16 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.68.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 264, State c.2.ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Frédéric Bauer, Davos, acquired from the artist; private collection, Germany, after 1954; (Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

2003

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 150.

2007

  • Van Gogh and Expressionism, Neue Gallerie, New York, 2007 (exh. cat. by Jill Lloyd et al.), pl. 63.

2019

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neue Galerie New York, 2019 - 2020, no. 42.

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Neue), Neue Galerie New York, New York, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1967

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

1980

  • Gercken, Günther. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Holzschnittzyklen: Peter Schlemihl, Triumph der Liebe, Abasalom. Stuttgart, 1980: 22-23.

2003

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003: 12, 25, no. 150.

Inscriptions

lower left below image in graphite: Eigendruck; lower right below image in graphite: E L Kirchner; lower center in graphite: 2. Die Geliebte; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Schiefler 266. 1916.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 23

Wikidata ID

Q75424067

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