The Married Couple Müller (Ehepaar Müller)

1919

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image is a woodcut print depicting two figures in a close-up view, showing their upper bodies and faces. The two individuals appear to be sitting or standing close together in the frame. The person on the left has a slender face with detailed facial features outlined in bold lines, including prominent cheekbones and a small chin. This individual has hair styled into an even parting style that drapes down towards the ears. The person on the right has a more robust face, with a pronounced chin and a mustache, and hair that appears to be closely cropped. Both individuals are wearing dark clothing, possibly suits with visible collars and lapels. The figure on the left is holding an object with elongated fingers pointing. The background consists of a combination of shadows and abstract shapes formed by the contrast of dark and light areas.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on pink blotting paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 35 x 42.5 cm (13 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 x 55.3 cm (17 1/16 x 21 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.690

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 407


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Catherine E. Burns, Oakland, CA); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 8, 2001; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

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

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967, no. (W) 407

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: EL Kirchner

Wikidata ID

Q76557679

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