Lot 190 
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190
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zwei Akte am Atelierfenster, 1914.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,200 Sold:
€ 56,760 / $ 65,841 (incl. surcharge)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
Zwei Akte am Atelierfenster. 1914.
Lithograph.
Signed and inscribed “Handdruck” (handprint). Also inscribed on the reverse by a hand other than that of the artist. One of 6 known copies. On yellow wove paper. 59.5 x 50.5 cm (23.4 x 19.8 in). Sheet: 66,1 x 58,3 cm (25,98 x 22,83 in).
[MH].
• From the sought-after period of his intensive creative years in Berlin.
• Kirchner also made a painting with the same motif (Gordon 213).
• 1914 – a decisive turning point in Kirchner's life and work: it is the last year before his deployment in the war and, at the same time, the peak of his creative energy.
• Nude depictions are a central theme in Kirchner's work.
• Fascinating tension between the privacy of the naked bodies and their apparent presentation at the window.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for over 30 years.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Günther Gercken for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Kunstverein Jena, Botho Graef Foundation (1918–1937, received as a gift from the artist, monogram stamp on the reverse, Lugt 4337, and stamp of the Kunstverein Jena).
State property (confiscated from the above in 1937 as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign, EK No. 13219).
Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin (received from the above in 1940 through exchange, verso with stamp and handwritten entry note).
Private collection of Ferdinand Möller, Zermützel (1943-1949).
Heinrich Neuerburg Collection (verso with the blindstamp, Lugt 1344 a, until at least 1988).
Private collection, Berlin (since 1993: Christie's, London).
EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Von Jena nach Davos, Stadtmuseum "Göhre", Jena, Oct. 10, 1993-Jan. 16, 1994, p. 97.
LITERATURE: Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Critical Catalogue of Works of Prints, vol. 3. (1912-1916), Bern 2015, CR no. 679 (with ill.).
Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, CR no. L 264.
Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 1 (until 1916), Berlin-Charlottenburg 1926, CR no. L 284.
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www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/db_entart_kunst/datenbank (EK no. 13219).
Christie’s, New York, auction Modern Prints from the Neuenburg Collection, November 1, 1988, lot 73 (unsold).
Christie’s, London, 5023rd auction, May 20, 1993, lot 456.
Maria Schmid, Rausch und Ernüchterung. Die Bildersammlung des Jenaer Kunstvereins - Schicksal einer Sammlung der Avantgarde im 20. Jahrhundert, Jena/Quedlinburg 2008. p. 135, cat. no. 201.
Kurt Reutti, Werke aus der Aktion “Entartete Kunst” (Works from the “Degenerate Art” Campaign). Ferdinand Möller [seized in November 1946 in Zermützel near Neuruppin], typescript Berlin 1946-1951 (SMBK-ZA, V/ Sachthemat. Slg. 69).
1880 - 1938
Zwei Akte am Atelierfenster. 1914.
Lithograph.
Signed and inscribed “Handdruck” (handprint). Also inscribed on the reverse by a hand other than that of the artist. One of 6 known copies. On yellow wove paper. 59.5 x 50.5 cm (23.4 x 19.8 in). Sheet: 66,1 x 58,3 cm (25,98 x 22,83 in).
[MH].
• From the sought-after period of his intensive creative years in Berlin.
• Kirchner also made a painting with the same motif (Gordon 213).
• 1914 – a decisive turning point in Kirchner's life and work: it is the last year before his deployment in the war and, at the same time, the peak of his creative energy.
• Nude depictions are a central theme in Kirchner's work.
• Fascinating tension between the privacy of the naked bodies and their apparent presentation at the window.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for over 30 years.
We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Günther Gercken for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Kunstverein Jena, Botho Graef Foundation (1918–1937, received as a gift from the artist, monogram stamp on the reverse, Lugt 4337, and stamp of the Kunstverein Jena).
State property (confiscated from the above in 1937 as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign, EK No. 13219).
Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin (received from the above in 1940 through exchange, verso with stamp and handwritten entry note).
Private collection of Ferdinand Möller, Zermützel (1943-1949).
Heinrich Neuerburg Collection (verso with the blindstamp, Lugt 1344 a, until at least 1988).
Private collection, Berlin (since 1993: Christie's, London).
EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Von Jena nach Davos, Stadtmuseum "Göhre", Jena, Oct. 10, 1993-Jan. 16, 1994, p. 97.
LITERATURE: Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Critical Catalogue of Works of Prints, vol. 3. (1912-1916), Bern 2015, CR no. 679 (with ill.).
Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, E. L. Kirchner. Das graphische Werk, Munich 1967, CR no. L 264.
Gustav Schiefler, Die Graphik Ernst Ludwig Kirchners, vol. 1 (until 1916), Berlin-Charlottenburg 1926, CR no. L 284.
-
www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/db_entart_kunst/datenbank (EK no. 13219).
Christie’s, New York, auction Modern Prints from the Neuenburg Collection, November 1, 1988, lot 73 (unsold).
Christie’s, London, 5023rd auction, May 20, 1993, lot 456.
Maria Schmid, Rausch und Ernüchterung. Die Bildersammlung des Jenaer Kunstvereins - Schicksal einer Sammlung der Avantgarde im 20. Jahrhundert, Jena/Quedlinburg 2008. p. 135, cat. no. 201.
Kurt Reutti, Werke aus der Aktion “Entartete Kunst” (Works from the “Degenerate Art” Campaign). Ferdinand Möller [seized in November 1946 in Zermützel near Neuruppin], typescript Berlin 1946-1951 (SMBK-ZA, V/ Sachthemat. Slg. 69).
190
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zwei Akte am Atelierfenster, 1914.
Lithograph
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 23,200 Sold:
€ 56,760 / $ 65,841 (incl. surcharge)
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