Erna Bathing in a Tub, 1913/1914

Not on View

Medium

pen and ink over clear water washes over color crayons on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 52.4 x 36.2 cm (20 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Accession Number

2012.92.21

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (artist) German, 1880 - 1938

Image Use

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Inscription

on verso, E. L. Kirchner estate stamp, annotated in pen and black ink: Fs Da I Bg 48; in graphite: K6281 / 121

Provenance

E.L. Kirchner estate, Basel (Lugt 1570b). (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 14, 1975; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Ketterer, Roman Norbert
Kirchner, E. L., Estate of

Exhibition History

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 123.

1987: Master Drawings and Watercolors: Selections from the National Gallery Collection and Promised Gifts, Washington, D. C., 1978, p. 123.

1992: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Painting and Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1992 (no cat.).

2001: A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2001-2002, no. 22 (entry by Andrew Robison)(color).

2003: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938. Royal Academy of Art, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2003, no. 81 (Washington only).

2014: Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1998: Presler, Gerd. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Seine Frauen, seine Modelle, seine Bilder. Munich, 1998: 60 (color).