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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Head of a Woman, 1913

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 25

Medium

carved and painted oak

Dimensions

overall with base: 50.8 x 32.7 x 31.27 cm (20 x 12 7/8 x 12 5/16 in.)
overall without base: 35.56 x 14.92 x 16.03 cm (14 x 5 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
base: 15.2 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm (6 x 7 x 6 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2002.143.1

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (sculptor) German, 1880 - 1938

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Provenance

The artist [1880-1938]; his estate; (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, Switzerland); (Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia); purchased c. 1979 by Robert Gore Rifkind, Beverly Hills;[1] (sale, Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, 4 November 2002, no. 15, bought in); purchased 18 December 2002 by NGA.

[1] Provenance as given in the 2002 sale catalogue.

Associated Names

Rifkind, Robert Gore

Exhibition History

1971: Ausstellung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, Switzerland, 1971, no. 30, repro.

1978: Moderne Kunst 18, Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia, Switzerland, 1978, no. 78, repro.

1979: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938, Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Museum Ludwig in der Kunsthalle, Cologne; Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1979-1980, no. 147, repro. (shown only in Berlin).

1981: Gauguin to Moore: Primitivism in Modern Sculpture, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1981-1982, no. 88, repro.

1983: German Expressionist Sculpture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne, 1983-1984, no. 67, repro. and on cover.

1985: German Art in the 20th Century, Painting and Sculpture 1905-1985, Royal Academy of Arts, London; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1985-1986, no. 13, repro.

1992: Figures du Moderne, 1905-1914: Dresden, Munich, Berlin: L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1992-1993, no. 59, repro.

1999: Kunstwelten im Dialog: Von Gauguin zur Globalen Gegenwart, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1999-2000, no. 210, pl. 41.

2003: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938 [London title: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Dresden and Berlin Years], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 107, as Erna, repro.

2005: Brüke: The birth of German Expressionism (Brüke: El naixement de l'expressionisme alemany), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona; Berlinische Galerie, 2005-2006, no. 105, repro.

2009: Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913, Neue Galerie, New York, 2009, no. 48, repro.

2018: German Expressionism: E.L. Kirchner's Imaginary Travels, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 2018-2019.

Bibliography

1925: Marsalle, Louis de [pseudonym of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]. "Über die Plastischen Arbeiten von E.L. Kirchner." Der Cicerone 17 (1925): 692-701, repro. 694.

1926: Grohmann, Will. Das Werk Ernst Ludwig Kirchners. Munich, 1926: 57, pl. 31.

1981: Mato, D. "Gauguin to Moore: Primitivism in Modern Sculpture." Arts Magazine 13 (1981-1982): 20, repro.

1984: Kuspit, Donald B. "An Appeal for Empathy." Art in America (November 1984): 122, repro.

1991: Lloyd, Jill. German Expressionism, Primitivism and Modernity. New Haven and London, 1991: 78-79, fig. 102.