Elbe Landscape Near Dresden

1909

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows an abstract landscape with a body of water, distant land, and simplified human and architectural forms. The view is from a slightly elevated angle, with loose and fluid brushstrokes creating forms and motion. The color palette is soft and muted, with hints of green, yellow, red, and black against a pastel background. Closest to the viewer are water and boat-like shapes, while distant figures and structures suggest human activity. The overall effect is one of simplicity and minimalism, inviting the viewer to interpret the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and crayon on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 × 33.8 cm (10 × 13 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.668

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E.L. Kirchner estate, Basel (Lugt 1570b). (Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, 1970); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 1992 (no cat.)

2014

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

Inscriptions

signed in graphite, at lower right; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: K6603; on verso, in pen and black ink: Fs Dr (other letters largely erased)

Wikidata ID

Q64559853

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