Sitzender und stehender Akt am Ofen. Um 1914.
Pencil drawing.
With the estate stamp (Lugt 1570 b) and the hand-written number "B Be / Bg 101" on the reverse. On smooth wove paper. 52.2 x 39.3 cm (20.5 x 15.4 in), nearly the full sheet. [CH].


• Dynamic scene in an appealing format.
• From the much sought-after Berlin period (1911-1917), which also included Kirchner's famous Berlin street scenes.
• The female nude in the studio is one of the most important motifs in the artist's oeuvre and is an expression of his masterful, direct account of moments and movements.
• The studio as a living and working space: Kirchner often integrated elements from his attic apartment on Körnerstrasse in Berlin into his works.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (Davos 1938, Kunstmuseum Basel 1946, with the numbered estate stamp on the reverse).
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart (1954).
Private collection Switzerland (inherited from the above).
Private collection Norddeutschland (acquired fromt the above in 1996).

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 212, Moderne Kunst I, December 2, 1996, lot 25 (illu.).