Art (1900-1945) > Expressionism Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Biography

Rückenakt, sich das Haar ordnend. Wohl 1908/09.
India ink drawing.
On off-white wove paper. 21.5 x 13.8 cm (8.4 x 5.4 in), size of sheet. [AM].
• Spontaneous nude in the great expressionist's signature style.
• Kirchner attained an incredible expressiveness through the reduction to just a few lines and the sparse use of contours.
PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 143, SHG no. 127 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p.302, SHG no. 686 (with illu.).
In good condtion. Paper minimally discolored and with slight kinks.
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