Taunus Firs

1916

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts a dense forest scene with tall, dark coniferous trees dominating the view. The brushstrokes are bold and expressive, using dark, thick lines to show the trees and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic, with deep blacks against a light yellow background. The composition conveys movement and texture, with close-up details of branches and tree trunks, and distant tree tops creating a rhythmic pattern against the lighter backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove yellow paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 67 × 53.5 cm (26 3/8 × 21 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.739

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (L), no. 312, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Rafael, CA); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 2, 1987; 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) 311, only

Inscriptions

below image, at right, in graphite: ELKirchner; below image, at left, in graphite: Eigen druck

Wikidata ID

Q76557813

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