Girl Dreaming

1918

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This is a woodcut of the upper body of a person portrayed in a contemplative pose. The figure has defined facial features, including eyes, a nose, and lips. The hair is stylized with dark, heavy lines and appears to be short and wavy. The person is wearing a garment with strong linear patterns. The background consists of abstract shapes and faint human figures that blend into the surroundings. The overall design is complex with intricate lines and textures typical of woodcut prints.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 47.2 x 41.8 cm (18 9/16 x 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.109.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 341, state iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Inc., Baltimore); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 28, 1965; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

Bibliography

1980

  • Dube, Wolf-Dieter. E.L. Kirchner: das graphische Werk. Munich, 1980.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: IV Sch 359/III Girl in a Dream; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Nachlass Kirchner struck out and replaced with K 5442 II rechts Auge gegen die Nase 5070 2002
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Wikidata ID

Q76339060

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