Wife of Professor Schaxel

1917-1918

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows an abstract composition with bold, jagged lines and sweeping curves that resemble a human face, including eyes, a nose, and disordered hair. Dark and light contrasts add depth, similar to a woodcut technique, highlighting the intense expression present in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.2 x 29.5 cm (13 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 58.7 x 43 cm (23 1/8 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.687

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 313, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) H 301 I. (Christie's New York, May 1, 1984, lot 116); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; 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) 313, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Hand druck; lower right in graphite: EL Kirchner 17; bottom right in graphite: Frau Pr. Sch I [not deciphered] 12; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: 88; I=Sch 301 I; bottom left by later hand in graphite: 6726

Wikidata ID

Q76557671

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