Past Exhibition
German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Three Bathers by Stones, 1913, color lithograph in pink, blue, red, and black on calendered paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, 1986.95.5
Details
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Three Bathers by Stones, 1913, color lithograph in pink, blue, red, and black on calendered paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, 1986.95.5
Overview: 90 prints were shown from the German expressionist collection assembled by Jacob Kainen and his wife, Ruth Cole Kainen. Special emphasis was given to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, with 23 examples, along with 22 artists of Die Brücke and other German printmakers working after World War I.
Organization: The exhibition was coordinated by Andrew Robison.
Attendance: 119,964
Brochure: Master Prints from Washington Private Collections, by Andrew Robison. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1984.
