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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

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£ 600 000
Auction dateClassic
01.03.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
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ID 717736
Lot 64 | ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

Galtviehweide

signed and dated ‘E.L. Kirchner 18’ (lower right)

oil on canvas

47 1⁄2 x 59 1⁄2 in. (120.5 x 151 cm.)

Painted in 1918-1919







Provenance

Dr Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Detroit & North Carolina, by whom acquired after 1922.

James B. Byrnes, Los Angeles & New Orleans, by 1964, until at least 1982.

Worthington Gallery, Chicago, by whom probably acquired from the above.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1984.





Literature

E.L. Kirchner, Photoalbum, vol. III, no. 119 (dated '1918').

C. Glaser, 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Zu der Ausstellung seiner Gemälde bei Paul Cassirer', in Kunst und Künstler, vol. XXII, Berlin, 1924, p. 62 (illustrated).

A.H. Barr, 'Die Wirkung der Deutschen Ausstellung in New York', in Museum der Gegenwart, vol. II, no. II, 1931, p. 65 (illustrated).

D.E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Massachusetts, 1968, no. 542, p. 345 (illustrated).

H. Delfs, ed., Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Der gesamte Briefwechsel 'Die absolute Wahrheit, so wie ich sie fühle', Zurich, 2010, nos. 1110, 1111 & 1193.

W. Henze, 'Transatlantic Kirchner: Donald E. Gordon and the Beginnings of Legitimate Kirchner Scholarship', in Re-thinking Kirchner, Munich, 2020, p. 14 (illustrated; titled 'Galtviehweide (Pasture)').





Exhibited

Frankfurt, Galerie Ludwig Schames, Schweizer Arbeit von E.L. Kirchner, 1922, no. 9, n.p. (dated '1917').

Basel, Kunsthalle, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, June 1923, no. 21, n.p. (illustrated p. 145).

Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, November - December 1923.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, German Painting and Sculpture, March - April 1931, no. 40, p. 25 (titled 'Mountain Landscape').

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum, on long-term loan, 1946-1954.

Raleigh, The North Carolina Museum of Art, E.L. Kirchner, German Expressionist, January - February 1958, no. 28, p. 57 (illustrated p. 88; titled 'Mountains with Cattle').

Detroit, The J.L. Hudson Gallery, The W.R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition, November 1963 - January 1964, no. 19, n.p. (titled 'Alpine Landscape').

New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans Collects: A Selection of Works of Art Owned by New Orleanians, November 1971 - January 1972, no. 20, n.p. (illustrated).

Chicago, Worthington Gallery, E.L. Kirchner: A Tribute in Celebration of the Artist's Centennial Year, November - December 1980, no. 3, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).





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