Girl, with Another Rubbing Her Belly

1910

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows abstract forms and figures. There are two stylized figures depicted with minimal linework and shading. One figure seems to be reclining on a surface with arms positioned casually, while the other figure is more upright and facing towards the reclining figure. The background and figures are rendered with simple lines and subtle texturing, conveying a sense of intimacy and interaction. The composition uses the contours of the figures to create movement and space within the canvas.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 x 24.9 cm (7 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 29 x 35 cm (11 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.711

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, vol. (I), no. 96

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unverkäuflich E.L. Kirchner (described in L.1570a-d). Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 56 II. (Ketterer Kunst, Munich, November 29, 1993, lot 167); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 15, 1994; 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) 96

Inscriptions

bottom left by later hand in black crayon: 56; bottom left by later hand in graphite: Sch I 56; KN (K); lower right verso by later hand in graphite: 48; bottom right verso by later hand in graphite: 9473; lower left verso by later hand in black ink: K 9815; bottom left verso by later hand in graphite: 167 CXC III

Wikidata ID

Q76557739

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