Feelings

1937

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Artist, German, 1880 - 1938
The artwork features a composition of elongated, abstract human figures with angular limbs and torsos. The figures are intertwined in poses, creating a sense of movement and tension. The use of bold lines and contrasting light and dark areas adds depth and intensity. The abstract forms resemble figures engaged in an interaction.

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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: 62 x 44 cm (24 7/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.706

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 673, State ii/ii

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) 673, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Eigendruck; lower right in graphite: EL Kirchner; bottom left by later hand in graphite: A 65260; in green pencil: 5; bottom right verso by later hand in graphite: 289; lower center verso by later hand in graphite: 982

Wikidata ID

Q76557728

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