Alpine Huts in Fog

1920

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts a house in the center, with two figures nearby - one working with a tool and the other standing. In the background, mountain shapes are visible. The style includes rough brushstrokes and a limited monochromatic color palette from light grays to dark blacks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.2 x 26.2 cm (7 3/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.2 x 55.3 cm (15 13/16 x 21 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.722

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 340, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 350 II. Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; 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) 340, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Eigendruck; lower right in graphite: EL Kirchner; bottom left by later hand in graphite: Sch II 350 II; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: K 95 44; II=Sch 350 II; lower left edge verso by later hand in graphite: 9201; bottom left verso by later hand in graphite: 67240; bottom center verso in graphite: Alp im Herbst Nebel

Markings

Zoll 2-28 (Swiss Customs?) bottom right corner

Wikidata ID

Q76557763

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