Erna Lying on the Beach among Rocks

1912

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image is a minimalistic line drawing of a nude figure lying on their side. The figure is stretched out horizontally with their head turned towards the viewer. The hair is depicted with simple lines. There are no clothes, jewelry, or objects in the drawing. The background shows semi-circular shapes resembling an abstract landscape against a blank backdrop.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    reed pen and black ink

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 46.1 x 58.9 cm (18 1/8 x 23 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.18.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz, Düsseldorf; (sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 20-21 June 1973, no. 362); D. Thomas Bergen, London; (Carus Gallery, New York); purchased by NGA, 1984.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.

1992

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992.

1995

  • Modern Hieroglyphs: Gestural Drawing and the European Vanguard 1900-1918, The Equitable Gallery, New York, 1995, fig. 10.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 18, as Erna Lying on the Beach among Rocks.

2003

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2003, no. 97, as Erna Lying on the Beach Among Rocks.

Bibliography

1968

  • Gordon, D., KIRCHNER, NY: 1968, 81.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 18.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: E L Kirchner; in unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 12; in later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 182 (encircled)

Wikidata ID

Q64559833

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