Reclining Nude with Cat (Illustration for Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Das Graphische Werk)

1924

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This is a painting of a book cover for "Das Graphische Werk" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The image features bold text at the top, with the title and the publisher's name "Euphorion Verlag / Berlin," denoting the work of artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner as compiled by Gustav Schiefler. Below the text, there is a woodcut image rendered in vibrant orange, blue, and beige hues, depicting a reclining nude figure with angular, expressionistic brush strokes, and a striped pattern in the background. The lower portion contains descriptive text in German related to the content of the book.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut illustration from two blocks, printed in orange and blue-violet on folded prospectus

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 6.2 x 9.4 cm (2 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
    sheet (folded): 26.5 x 16.2 cm (10 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet (unfolded): 26.5 x 32.4 cm (10 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.75.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 878, State B

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

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

Wikidata ID

Q76339124

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