Fränzi Reclining

1910

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts a sketch of a woman lying face down with her arms extended forward and her legs stretched out behind her. Her head is turned slightly towards the viewer. The woman's facial features are suggested with simple lines, including her eyes and mouth. She has long hair. The sketch does not include specific clothing details. The background is a plain, light-colored surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black crayon on wove yellow paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.2 x 30.3 cm (8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.113

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E.L. Kirchner estate, Basel (Lugt 1570b). (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 15, 2005; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • Graphik von Hermann Max Pechstein, Erich Heckel, Ernsy Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Jörg Maaß Kunsthandel, Berlin, 2005, no. 18 (repro.)

2014

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

Inscriptions

on verso, in blue ballpoint pen: RNK

Wikidata ID

Q64559842

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