Alpine Pasture

1918

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts a landscape with rugged mountains, swirling clouds, and structures nestled among rocky terrain. The bold, expressive lines and stark black and white color palette emphasize the dramatic forms and shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 35 x 45 cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 41 x 50.4 cm (16 1/8 x 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.137

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 381, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 29, 1973; 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. (W) 381, ii/iii

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Handdruck; lower left in graphite: EL Kirchner; lower right verso by later hand in graphite: 277; A 6S133

Wikidata ID

Q76555608

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