Mountain Slope with Goats

1920

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts an elevated perspective looking down on a landscape of rolling hills and jagged lines suggesting vegetation. There is no distinct horizon line; instead, the scene flows upward from close to us into the distance, with hills sloping towards the background. The technique used involves sketch-like lines creating texture and movement across the hills and suggested elements like trees. The color palette is monochromatic, with black, grey, and off-white shades creating contrast that emphasizes the linear elements of the composition, highlighting the rugged and abstract quality of the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 25 x 31.7 cm (9 13/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 37 x 43.8 cm (14 9/16 x 17 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.731

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 351, State iv/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nachlass E.L. Kirchner (L. 1570b) R 332 IV. (Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased March 20, 2002; 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) 351, iv/v

Inscriptions

bottom left by later hand in graphite: Sch II 332 III; bottom right by later hand in graphite: 207; bottom left verso by later hand in graphite: K9615; bottom center verso by later hand in graphite: C-1988; bottom right by later hand in graphite: 9272

Wikidata ID

Q76557785

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