Lot 123
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Mädchenkopf (Erna), 1912.
Black Chalk drawing
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700 Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 16,225 (incl. surcharge)
Mädchenkopf (Erna). 1912.
Black Chalk drawing.
Verso with the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b) and the hand-written registration number "K Be/Ba 5". Verso titled "Mädchenkopf" and inscribed "Strichätzung" as well as with two direction arrows (presumably regarding a different artwork). On firm and smooth creme wove paper. 31.6 x 24 cm (12.4 x 9.4 in), nearly the full sheet. [CH].
• Characteristic, expressive figure study from the important "Brücke" period.
• Kirchner portrays the night club dancer Erna Schilling with energetic, dynamic lines, in 1911 she became Kirchner's model and partner.
• Facial expression, clothing and composition are similar to the painting "Portrait Erna Schilling" (1913, Nationalgalerie, Berlin -Gordon 298) .
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (Davos 1938, Kunstmuseum Basel 1946).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1961).
LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Das Werk Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, München 1926, p. 13 (with illu.).
Black Chalk drawing.
Verso with the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b) and the hand-written registration number "K Be/Ba 5". Verso titled "Mädchenkopf" and inscribed "Strichätzung" as well as with two direction arrows (presumably regarding a different artwork). On firm and smooth creme wove paper. 31.6 x 24 cm (12.4 x 9.4 in), nearly the full sheet. [CH].
• Characteristic, expressive figure study from the important "Brücke" period.
• Kirchner portrays the night club dancer Erna Schilling with energetic, dynamic lines, in 1911 she became Kirchner's model and partner.
• Facial expression, clothing and composition are similar to the painting "Portrait Erna Schilling" (1913, Nationalgalerie, Berlin -Gordon 298) .
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (Davos 1938, Kunstmuseum Basel 1946).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1961).
LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Das Werk Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, München 1926, p. 13 (with illu.).
123
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Mädchenkopf (Erna), 1912.
Black Chalk drawing
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700 Sold:
€ 13,750 / $ 16,225 (incl. surcharge)
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