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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Female Nude

Maker

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938)

Title

Female Nude

Year

ca. 1924-1925

Medium

  • Colored pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Colored pencil on paper

Materials

colored pencil

Supports

  • wove paper

Dimensions

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Arthur and Sybil Kern

Object Number

2005.49.1

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Changing Poses
The Artist's Model
Nov 12, 2010 – Jun 06, 2011

Label copy

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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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938)
Female Nude, ca. 1924-1925
Colored pencil on paper
Sheet: 45.5 x 35.4 cm (17 7/8 x 13 15/16 inches) (irregular)
Gift of Arthur and Sybil Kern 2005.49.1

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