Dreaming Girl

1906

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The artwork shows a full-body sketch of a person lying on their back with slightly bent knees. The person's head is turned to the side with one arm behind their head, displaying facial features like closed eyes and a relaxed expression. The hair seems short and tousled. The person appears unclothed with lines hinting at a blanket or sheets. The background displays a textured surface with pencil or sketch lines, creating an abstract environment around the figure. No jewelry or objects are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.9 x 27.9 cm (8 5/8 x 11 in.)
    sheet: 31 x 35.9 cm (12 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.708

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 7, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R Drc/Bi 1. (R. N. Ketterer, Lugano, September 11, 1985, lot 283); (via Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); 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. (I) 7, ii/ii

Inscriptions

bottom left by later hand in graphite: 623 / NL 597 [number crossed out]; lower left edge verso by later hand in graphite: K9838 / C3609; lower left edge verso by later hand in black ink: C3609 / K9838; bottom left verso by later hand in graphite: K9838; bottom right verso by later hand in graphite: 9501 [crossed out]

Wikidata ID

Q76557732

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