Nude Girl at her Toilette

1912

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image is a sketch that depicts a woman from her mid-torso upwards. She is portrayed in a seated position with her body slightly turned to the right. The woman's face is shown in profile with her eyes closed, and she has simplified facial features and short, styled hair. In the drawing, she is nude and is holding a small round object in her right hand. Her left arm is raised over her head, resting on her forehead. Next to her, there is an abstract representation of a table with a carafe or decorative object on it. The background is plain without any additional detail, highlighting the woman and the objects around her.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on beige wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 67.2 × 54.1 cm (26 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.736

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (L), no. 201, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner [1880-1938], Berlin and Davos (Lugt 1570b). (Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 22, 1989, lot 536); 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. (L) 201, only

Inscriptions

below image, at right, in graphite, by later hand: Sch. I. 162

Wikidata ID

Q76557808

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