Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Two girls in lingerie (girls in trousers)
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 Aschaffenburg - Frauenkirch/Davos 1938
Further information
Gercken 573.
Exhibition
Schwarz auf Weiß. Druck-Graphik im Wandel der Zeit von Rembrandt bis Dieter Roth, Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte, Kestner Pro Arte, Hannover 2013/14, Kat.-Nr. 41, farb. Abb. S. 46;
Blaues Land und Großstadtlärm. Ein expressionistischer Spaziergang durch Kunst und Literatur, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See 2017, S. 153, o. Abb.
Blaues Land und Großstadtlärm. Ein expressionistischer Spaziergang durch Kunst und Literatur, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See 2017, S. 153, o. Abb.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, verso with the Basel stamp (Lugt 1570b) and the handwritten registration number "L 216 II " as well as the annotations "K 3366" and "C 1247"; Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich 26.11.1973, lot 653; Galerie Kornfeld, Bern 23-25.6.1982, lot 367; Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg 8/9.6.1984, lot 847; private collection, Northern Germany, acquired from the aforementioned.
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Description
The subjects are very likely Gerda and Erna Schilling, whom Kirchner met in Berlin in 1912. In the background, the painting ‘Six Dancers’ (WVZ Gorden 193) and the wooden sculpture ‘Bathers Drying Themselves’ (WVZ Henze 1911/02) can be seen, both from 1911.