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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

Lot 52
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Lot 52 | ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)
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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

Zwei Mädchen mit Badewanne (Frau in flacher Wanne und Mädchen mit Fächer) (recto); Sitzender schwarzhaariger Mädchenakt (verso)

incised with initial 'K' (recto lower right); signed and dated 'E.L. Kirchner 09.' (verso upper right) and signed again 'E L Kirchner.' (verso lower left)

oil on canvas

29 1⁄8 x 39 ½ in. (74 x 100 cm.) (recto); 39 x 30 in. (99 x 76 cm.) (verso)

Painted in 1909-1911 and 1920 (recto); Painted in 1910 (verso)





Provenance

The artist's estate, Davos.

Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, by whom acquired from the above in 1960.

Acquired from the above by the late owner on 7 September 1971.



Literature

E.L. Kirchner, Photoalbum, vol I, no. 177 (illustrated).

W. Grohmann, E. L Kirchner, Stuttgart, 1958, p. 88 (recto illustrated; titled 'Zwei badende Mädchen im Raum' and dated '1908').

W. Grohmann, E.L. Kirchner, New York, 1961, pl. 112 (recto illustrated; titled 'Two Bathing Nudes in a Room' and dated '1908').

D. E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Massachusetts, 1968, nos. 177 & 177v, p. 291 (recto illustrated; verso illustrated p. 422).

J. Serke, 'Die nackte Welt des Malers Ernst Ludwig Kirchers' in Stern Magazin, no. 48, Hamburg, 22 November 1979 (verso illustrated on the front cover; illustrated again p. 166).

Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer ed., Legenden am Auktionspult. Die Wiederentdeckung des deutschen Expressionismus, Munich, 1999, p. 276.

J. Heusinger von Waldegg, 'Modelle und Modellstudium: Medienreflexion am Beispiel "Franzi" und "Marcella" in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Die Sammlung Karlheinz Gabler, Berlin & Frankfurt am Main, 1999-2000, p. 27.

H. Strzoda, Die Ateliers Ernst Ludwig Kirchners - Eine Studie zur Rezeption "primitiver" europäischer und aussereuropäischer Kulturen, Petersberg, 2006, p. 150.

W. Henze, 'Verzeichnis der doppelseitig bemalten Gemälde Ernst Ludwig Kirchners', in Der doppelte Kirchner. Die zwei Seiten der Leinwand, exh. cat., Mannheim & Davos, 2015, no. D29, p. 150 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Brücke, 1905-1913, eine Künstlergemeinschaft des Expressionismus, October - December 1958, no. 59, p. 35 (titled 'Zwei Akte im Badetub'; dated '1907-1908').

Ulm, Ulmer Museum, Die Brücke, 1959, no. 4.

Bremen, Kunsthalle, Meisterwerke des deutschen Expressionimus, E. L. Kirchner, E. Heckel, Schmidt-Rottluff, M. Pechstein, Otto Mueller, March - May 1960, no. 14; this exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Kunstverein, May - June 1960; The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, July - September 1960; and Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, September - November 1960.

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Deutscher Expressionismus: Erich Heckel, E. L. Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff eine Privatsammlung, May - June 1961 (titled 'Zwei Mädchen mit Badetub'; dated '1908-09').

Turin, Galleria Galatea, Kirchner, March 1964, no. 3 (titled 'Due nudi nel bagno'; dated '1908').

Campione d'Italia, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, E L Kirchner: Brücke, Autumn 1964, no. 8, p. 23 (recto illustrated p. 22).

Campione d'Italia, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, 1971, no. 4, p. 9 (recto illustrated p. 8).

Campione d'Italia, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Moderne Kunst VII, September 1971, nos. 56a & 56, pp. 111 & 112 (illustrated pp. 110 & 113).

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Im Farbenrausch, Munch, Matisse, und die Expressionisten, September 2012 - January 2013, no. 68, p. 293 (verso illustrated p. 185).
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