Cycle Race

1926

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image displays an intricate composition of curved and straight lines intersecting and diverging across the canvas. The abstract arrangement forms figures resembling people engaging in cycling and lounging, with a central bicycle. These figures are connected to objects like bicycles, with human forms depicted in different poses suggesting a social or communal setting. The shapes of wheels and human heads contrast with the angular lines of limbs and backgrounds, creating a dynamic scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint proof printed in brown-black ink and touched with graphite

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 25 x 31.3 cm (9 13/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.3 x 38.8 cm (11 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.728

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 541 i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 517 I. (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 10, 2003; 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) 541 i/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Probedruck; lower right in graphite: EL Kirchner; bottom center in graphite: Radieren I Zustand; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: I = Sch 517 I K9075; lower right verso by later hand in black pencil: 8y32

Wikidata ID

Q76557779

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