Gespräch unter der Lampe. 1927.
Brush and India ink drawing.
Signed and dated in upper left. On firm smooth wove paper. 49 x 36 cm (19.2 x 14.1 in), almost the full sheet.

• From the Dr. Frédéric Bauer Collection
• The depicted persom in Mrs Louise Bauer, Frédéric Bauer's mother.

Das Werk ist im Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archiv, Wichtrach/Bern, dokumentiert.

PROVENANCE: Dr. F. Bauer Collection, Davos.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 2005).

EXHIBITION: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Gemälde un Graphik der Sammlung Dr. F. Bauer, Davos, Nuremberg 1952, cat. no. 215.

In good condition. Slight mount staining. Lower right corner minimally crimped. Two small brown stains in the lower left margin. With old mounting remains on the reverse, slightly showing through to recto. Tiny brownish specks in the upper margin (probably from the making).