Dr. Ludwig Binswanger (Kopf Dr. Ludwig Binswanger)

1917/1918

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The artwork depicts an abstract image of a person's head and partial shoulders. It is centered and angled slightly to the right, emphasizing angular and geometric features with sharp contrasts of black and white. The person's hair has spiked and jagged edges, and their facial features are exaggerated with almond-shaped eyes, a long and narrow nose, and distinct lips. Lines and patterns on the face add detailed texture. Geometric patterns around the shoulders suggest clothing. The background is a plain, neutral tone.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Chicago. Private collection, Switzerland. (Worthington Gallery, Inc., Chicago); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Bibliography

1980

  • Dube 1980, 316 ii/ii

2013

  • Grecken, Gunther Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik. Bern: Galerie Kornfeld Verlag AG, 2013.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Eigendruck; lower right in graphite: E. L. Kirchner; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Binswanger 58; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Dr L. B. lang(?)

Wikidata ID

Q76438898

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