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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Cancan-Tänzerin, 1909.
Colored chalk and pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,400 Sold:
€ 25,000 / $ 26,750 (incl. surcharge)
Cancan-Tänzerin. 1909.
Colored chalk and pencil.
On thin wove paper. 13 x 9 cm (5.1 x 3.5 in), size of sheet.
[CH].
• Spontaneously captured, dynamic scene from the Brücke's Dresden years.
• Im Tanzcafés, Varieté, Theater und im Zirkus studiert Kirchner studied swift motion sequences in dance halls, cabarets, theaters and the circus, rendering them on paper in bold lines.
• The same year he used the motif again on a postcard to Erich Heckel, on which he also notes the name of the French dancer Liane d'Eve.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Frauen in der Kunst und Leben der "Brücke", Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, September 10 - November 5, 2000, cat. no. 60 (with illu. on p. 145).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 143, SHG no. 124 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 302, SHG no. 684 (with illu.).
On the mentioned postcard with the motif of the can-can dancer: Roman Norbert Ketterer (ed.), E. L. Kirchner, Postkarten und Briefe an Erich Heckel im Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Cologne 1984, cat. no. 17, pp. 42f. and 224.
"There is no other theme - especially in his sketchbooks - that Kirchner pursued with greater consistency."
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler, catalog raisonné of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's sketchbooks on dance as a motif in Kirchner's oeuvre, in: ex. cat. Kirchners Kosmos: Der Tanz, September 21 - December 30, 2018, p. 15.
Colored chalk and pencil.
On thin wove paper. 13 x 9 cm (5.1 x 3.5 in), size of sheet.
[CH].
• Spontaneously captured, dynamic scene from the Brücke's Dresden years.
• Im Tanzcafés, Varieté, Theater und im Zirkus studiert Kirchner studied swift motion sequences in dance halls, cabarets, theaters and the circus, rendering them on paper in bold lines.
• The same year he used the motif again on a postcard to Erich Heckel, on which he also notes the name of the French dancer Liane d'Eve.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).
EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Frauen in der Kunst und Leben der "Brücke", Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, September 10 - November 5, 2000, cat. no. 60 (with illu. on p. 145).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 143, SHG no. 124 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 302, SHG no. 684 (with illu.).
On the mentioned postcard with the motif of the can-can dancer: Roman Norbert Ketterer (ed.), E. L. Kirchner, Postkarten und Briefe an Erich Heckel im Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Cologne 1984, cat. no. 17, pp. 42f. and 224.
"There is no other theme - especially in his sketchbooks - that Kirchner pursued with greater consistency."
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler, catalog raisonné of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's sketchbooks on dance as a motif in Kirchner's oeuvre, in: ex. cat. Kirchners Kosmos: Der Tanz, September 21 - December 30, 2018, p. 15.
Once again, the observer is captivated by the realism achieved through the light, almost immaterial play of lines, hatching and color accents. Kirchner depicts the dancer's body in a fading motion, showing a brief pause between rising and falling tension, that very moment in which the dance movement finds completion. The dancer pauses for a short, almost imperceptible moment, floating on the stage as if time stood still. Dance, especially erotic dance, fascinated Kirchner. The observer is confronted with unadulterated physical vitality. Through the fast-paced movements of the frivolous can-can, the skirt is lifted to reveal the flouncy underwear. Kirchner makes us feel like we are part of his exciting evening of swirling dance and throbbing music. Kirchner not only paid tribute to cabaret dance performances with this grainy, brittle color chalk drawing. He also made chalk drawings of various dancers, all characterized by the same rapid duct, as if he tried not to miss any of the choreographically demanding poses. Who could this dancer be, that Kirchner admired in the popular cabarets Central-Theater and Victoria-Salon near Dresden's Altmarkt? [MvL]
In November 1909, the singer and dancer Liane d'Eve from Paris performed at the Victoria Salon on Waisenhausstraße in Dresden. Kirchner attended a performance and made the present drawing during this event. The most striking characfeature: A large-checked underskirt. On the 16th of the month, Kirchner sent a painted postcard, stamped Dresden/Altstadt on 11/16/09 (ink pen and colored chalks, 14 x 8.9 cm) with the same motif to Erich Heckel, who at that time was working in Dangast/Varel/Oldenburg on the North Sea. Kirchner wrote: "Liane d' Eve etoile parisienne. Enormously fancy outfit. Comment cela vas-tu? chez [je] sais how much the painters are Parisian like Matisse etc. Greetings D. Ernst." The extent to which Kirchner was impressed by the movements of the "Can-Can Dancer" is also shown in an etching that Kirchner created at the beginning of 1910. (Schiefler 113, Dube 93). [Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler]
In November 1909, the singer and dancer Liane d'Eve from Paris performed at the Victoria Salon on Waisenhausstraße in Dresden. Kirchner attended a performance and made the present drawing during this event. The most striking characfeature: A large-checked underskirt. On the 16th of the month, Kirchner sent a painted postcard, stamped Dresden/Altstadt on 11/16/09 (ink pen and colored chalks, 14 x 8.9 cm) with the same motif to Erich Heckel, who at that time was working in Dangast/Varel/Oldenburg on the North Sea. Kirchner wrote: "Liane d' Eve etoile parisienne. Enormously fancy outfit. Comment cela vas-tu? chez [je] sais how much the painters are Parisian like Matisse etc. Greetings D. Ernst." The extent to which Kirchner was impressed by the movements of the "Can-Can Dancer" is also shown in an etching that Kirchner created at the beginning of 1910. (Schiefler 113, Dube 93). [Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler]
479
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Cancan-Tänzerin, 1909.
Colored chalk and pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,400 Sold:
€ 25,000 / $ 26,750 (incl. surcharge)