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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

Lot 21
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 2 400 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 908021
Lot 21 | ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)
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£ 2 400 000 – 4 000 000
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)

Rothaarige (recto); Rosa Stilleben (verso)

signed three times, dated and titled 'EL Kirchner 14 Rothaarige' and with the Nachlass stamp numbered ‘Be/Bg6’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

35 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (90.2 x 64.5 cm.)

Painted in 1914 (recto); Painted in 1913-1914 (verso)





Provenance

The artist's estate, Davos.

Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Roman Norbert Ketterer, by whom acquired from the above in 1954.

Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 2000.

Private collection, New York, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10 October 2001, lot 40.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.



Literature

K. Scheffler, 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner', in Kunst und Künstler, vol. XVIII, no. 5, Berlin, 1920, p. 230.

D.E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Cambridge, 1968, nos. 410 and 410v, p. 326 (illustrated).

B. Dalbajewa, ''Dresden ist mir etwas schuldig' - Aus Briefen von Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Hans Posse zum Erwerb eines Gemäldes für die Dresdener Galerie', in Dresdener Kunstblätter, no. 2, Dresden, 2008, pp. 101-111 (illustrated p. 104)

H. Delfs, ed., Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Der Gesamte Briefwechsel "Die absolute Warheit, so wie ich sie fühle", Zurich, 2010, nos. 480, 489, 547, 990-991, 993, 995, 1104, 1240 and 1242.

W. Henze, Der doppelte Kirchner: die zwei Seiten der Leinwand, exh. cat., Kunsthalle, Mannheim, 2015, no. D76, p. 160 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, March - April 1918, no. 141.

Bern, Kunsthalle, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, March - April 1933, no. 22, p. 21.

Lugano, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, March - July 2000, no. 37, p. 272 (illustrated p. 89).

Bern, Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: zum 120. Geburtstag, September - December 2000, no. 30, p. 38 (illustrated p. 39).

Madrid, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Brücke: El nacimiento del expresionismo alemán, February - May 2005, no. 164, pp. 279, 295 & 382 (illustrated p. 295); this exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, June - September 2005; and Berlin, Brücke-Museum, October 2005 - January 2006.

Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner, October 2009 - February 2010, no. 20, pp. 127 & 298 (illustrated p. 127).

Madrid, Fundación Mapfre, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, May - September 2012, no. 56, pp. 160 & 339 (illustrated p. 160).



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Artist:Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938)
Applied technique:Oil, Oil on canvas, Painted
Medium:Canvas, Textile
Art style:Expressionism, Impressionism, Modern art
Genre:Nude art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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