Woman in the Bathtub

1936

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This painting features an abstract composition with geometric shapes and bold lines in the style of Expressionist printmaking. The central figure is created by black lines and shapes against a cream background. The figure appears seated with limbs intertwined. The background contains abstract, angular motifs that complement the figure. At the bottom left, there is a stylized animal form. The use of negative space and simplified forms gives the painting an expressive quality reminiscent of early 20th-century woodcut prints.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut printed in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 50 x 37 cm (19 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 57 x 42.5 cm (22 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.705

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 666

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) H Da/Bg 7. (Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 14, 1975; 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) 666

Inscriptions

top right by later hand in graphite: H 14; bottom left by later hand in graphite: DaBg 7 / NL 656; lower right verso by later hand in graphite: K5754 / 5385

Wikidata ID

Q76557722

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