Girl with Flowers

1923

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image shows abstract lines and shapes with an outline of a person playing an instrument in a lush backdrop. The drawing has an abstract feel of a dense forest, with lines suggesting tall grasses or slender trees, and large, rounded shapes resembling leaves or floral patterns. The image offers glimpses of natural elements like flowers and foliage surrounding the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on coated paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.2 x 25 cm (12 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.7 x 35.2 cm (17 3/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.727

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 437

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L 1570b) R 421. (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) 437

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Eigendruck; lower right in graphite: E.L. Kirchner; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: K 9264

Markings

Zoll II-28 (Swiss Customs?)

Wikidata ID

Q76557776

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