Heads of Two Girls

1919

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image displays intersecting lines and curves creating abstract shapes resembling human profiles. The composition implies faces leaning towards each other, with the use of delicate and bold lines adding depth. Facial features like eyes and lips are hinted at with minimalistic strokes, suggesting people in a contemplative interaction.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 x 17.9 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 x 21.1 cm (11 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.718

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 283, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 246 II. (Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased October 31, 1979; 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) 283, ii/ii

Inscriptions

bottom center in graphite: Zwei Mädchen; lower left verso in red crayon: Zwei Mädchen Köpfe / 18 36; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: K 9224 / K 9224 / II=Sch 246 II; bottom left verso by later hand in graphite: 2.Z.; bottom center verso by later hand in graphite: C3564

Wikidata ID

Q76557755

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