Young Girl with Doll

1916

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts an abstract drawing of a person's upper body, head, and part of an arm. The person is slightly turned to one side, with their head facing forward. Their facial features are stylized, and their hair is shown as thick lines on each side of their face. The person is wearing a garment with patterned shoulders and a castle-like design on the chest area. In their hand, they hold an object resembling a doll or figure with its own facial features. The background is a dark rectangular space that contrasts with the lighter surface of the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph printed in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.5 x 31.8 cm (16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50 x 40.2 cm (19 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (L), no. 325

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Allan Frumkin Gallery, Inc., Chicago); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 22, 1968; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967, no. (L) 325

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: EL Kirchner; by later hand lower left in graphite: 2,50; 3 50; lower right verso by later hand in graphite: R 652

Wikidata ID

Q76339066

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