The Wanderer

1922

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This is a drawing of a figure standing in a mountainous landscape. The scene is depicted with simple, bold lines that suggest the contours of the mountains in the background and the valleys in the foreground. The figure in the center appears to be a stylized representation with exaggerated features. The drawing also features a small structure placed in the left mid-ground. The overall composition is stark and expressive, emphasizing the roughness and solitude of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.2 x 30.2 cm (7 3/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.6 x 43.1 cm (11 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.724

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 407, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 395 II. (Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 19-21, 1991, lot 512); (via Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739).; 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) 407, ii/iv

Inscriptions

bottom left by later hand in graphite: Sch II 395 II; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: K 9172 K 9172/c 2508/II = Sch 395 II; lower left verso by later hand in black ink: C2508 / K9172; bottom left edge verso by later hand in graphite: 2824 (partially erased); bottom left corner verso by later hand n graphite: 2.Zustand

Watermarks

Winterthur Silk Blotting Huber Freres

Wikidata ID

Q76557770

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