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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Female Nude, ca. 1924-1925

Description

Maker

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, German

Title

Female Nude

Year

ca. 1924-1925

Medium

Colored pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • colored pencil

Supports

  • wove paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 45.5 x 35.4 cm (17 7/8 x 13 15/16 inches) (irregular)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Arthur and Sybil Kern

Object Number

2005.49.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Changing Poses

November 12, 2010 - June 6, 2011

This drawing by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner exhibits the simple and evocative use of form and color that powerfully enlivens his landscapes, Berlin street scenes, and scores of paintings and drawings of nudes. Though he worked from many of the same models as Erich Heckel and other German Expressionists, Kirchner’s most frequently depicted subject was his lifelong mistress, Erna Schilling, recognizable as the sitter for this drawing through her bobbed hair. Following his mental breakdown during the First World War, Kirchner moved to Davos, Switzerland, and Schilling followed, continuing to model for her partner. Her inelegant pose in this drawing reflects Kirchner’s enduring interest in depicting unstudied naturalism, while her outlined form and unusual coloring may attest to his new interest in the work of Picasso.

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