Russian Dancers

1909

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

The image depicts two individuals. On the left, there is a person sitting, with their body shown from the upper thighs to the head. This person has their hair swept back away from the face, and is draped in a white garment. The facial features are simple. To the right, there is another person standing and facing the seated individual, shown from the upper body to the lower legs. This standing figure has short, dark hair and is wearing a bright yellow shirt with long sleeves and light blue pants. They appear to be holding a white cloth near the seated person's head. The background is composed of abstract patterns using colors like dark blue, red, and white. The overall style is loose and painterly, with bold use of color and simplified forms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42.3 x 49.6 cm (16 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.95.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (L), no. 130, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 3-4, 1976, lot 805); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); gift to NGA, 1986.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

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

2003

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 35.

2008

  • Kirchner and the Berlin Street, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 29 July 2008 - 10 November 2008.

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967.

1985

  • NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 6, repro. p.42.

2003

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003: 10, 43, no. 35.

2008

  • Wye, Deborah. Kirchner and the Berlin Street. (Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008), New York, 2008, unnumbered exhibition catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: (illegible); lower right in graphite: E L.Kirchner; lower left verso in graphite: (3 illegible words); in later hand, lower left in graphite: Sch .89.(illegible); by unknown hand, lR //in graphite: IO[?] / ET; by unknown hand, lCv//in graphite, circled: 367

Wikidata ID

Q74875773

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