The Large Cow Lying Down (Grosse Liegende Kuh)

1929

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This print depicts bold, sweeping lines and geometric shapes resembling a seated bull or cow. The lines of the print are in black against off-white paper, and some are thick and bold while others are thin. The bull’s head is slightly turned to the right, and its front legs are curled near the bottom-left corner. We can see the bull’s wide nose, its small eyes, its ears, and its large, curved horns. Its body on the right is less defined, and there is an indistinguishable shape on the right, near the bull’s head.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on blotting paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.5 x 40.6 cm (21 1/16 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.69

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (W), no. 609, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

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

Bibliography

1967

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

Inscriptions

lower left verso stamped: NACHLASS / E.L. KIRCHNER / H Da/Bm 2D

Wikidata ID

Q74892009

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