Two Women in the Kitchen

1895/1897

Wilhelm Leibl

Associated Names
Wilhelm Leibl

Artist, German, 1844 - 1900

The image depicts a sketch of two people sitting, likely showing them from the waist up. One person, presumably a woman, is positioned slightly forward and facing towards the other person. Details in her facial features, such as the structure of her nose and mouth, as well as her hair, are visible. The clothing of the individuals is suggested with lines indicating the shape of loose garments fitting the period style, possibly dresses or aprons. The setting is a dim interior space, with what looks like a window behind them, allowing a bit of light to contrast against the figures. An artist's signature, "W. Luks," is visible in the lower right corner.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard von Schnitzler [1855-1938], Cologne; to his daughter, Ottilie Marie Edith von Schnitzler [1892-1951], wife of Kurt Freiherr von Schröder p1889-1966], Hamburg; by descent in the Schröder family; sold by (Schröder and Leisewitz, Bremen), 1983 or 1984, to (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich, 1984; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1912

  • Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts in Cölner Privatbesitz. Cölnischer Kunstverein im Wallraf-Richartz-Museum zu Cöln. Cologne, 1912: no. 71.

1929

  • Wilhelm Leibl, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Radierungen. Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, 1929: 83, no. 223, plate XCIV.

1955

  • Tyska Teckningar från 1800- och 1900-talen, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, 1955, no. 80.

1984

  • Von Runge bis Leibl, Deutsche Zeichner des 19. Jahrhunderts. Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, 1984, 82-83, no. 59.

1985

  • Wilhelm Leibl und sein Malerkreis, Stadtische Galerie, Rosenheim, 1985, no. 83 (Eberhard Ruhmer).

1994

  • Wilhelm Leibl zum 150. Geburtstag, Neue Pinakothek, Munich; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 1994, 492, no. 167 (entry by Christian Lenz).

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010: 38, 39, no. 115.

2019

  • Wilhelm Leibl: The Art of Seeing, Kunsthaus Zürich and The Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2019-2020, no. 97, repro.

Bibliography

1918

  • Bombe, Walter. "Die Sammlung Dr. Richard von Schnitzler in Cöln," Cicerone, 1918: 48-49.

2006

  • Manstein, Marianne von. "Wilhelm Leibl. Das xeichnerische Werk (mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen). Unpublished dissertation. Munich, 2006: no. 145.

Inscriptions

signed at lower right in charcoal: W. Leibl

Watermarks

J Whatman (crowned shield with fleur-de-lys and JAW(?) below

Wikidata ID

Q64635870

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