Acrobat on a Horse (Voltigeuse zu Pferd), 1913

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Medium

drypoint on blotting paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.9 x 25.5 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

sheet: 42 x 39.2 cm (16 9/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Dube 1967, Vol. (I), no. 165, State only

Accession Number

1987.47.1

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (artist) German, 1880 - 1938

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right below plate mark in graphite: E LKirchner; by later hand, lower left bottom in blue crayon: 152; by later hand, lower left bottom in graphite: Sch I. 152. KN.(M.) Voltigeuse zu Pferd 1909-13; all inscriptions on verso by later hand, lLv//in graphite: K 9 518 9275; lRv//in blue ink: 139.; lRv//in graphite: 22321

Provenance

Kirchner estate (L.Supp.1570b annotated R 152). (Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 20-21, 1973 lot 397); unidentified private collection; (Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased August 1, 1979; gift to NGA, 1986.

Associated Names

Galerie Kornfeld
Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Wittrock, Wolfgang

Bibliography

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

1985: NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 12, repro. p.25.