Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Recto: Group of peasants - Verso: Fehmarnakte
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 Aschaffenburg - Frauenkirch/Davos 1938
Further information
Dieses Werk ist im Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archiv, Wichtrach/Bern, dokumentiert.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, verso with the Basel stamp (Lugt 1570b) and the partly illegible handwritten registration number "K Da/ (...)23" as well as the annotation "K 8115"; Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia; Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern; Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt/Main; private collection, Munich, acquired from the aforementioned in 2001.
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Description
This double-sided sheet impressively shows Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's artistic development, bringing together two of his most important creative periods: the expressive Fehmarn phase of 1913, which was still characterised by the "Brücke" movement, and the later, more analytical and formal style of his Davos period. These two work phases are united on one sheet and form an exciting juxtaposition of the early, emotional immediacy and the mature formal invention characterised by inner calm.