Lot 424
  • 424

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
  • Halbakt eines jungen Mädchens (Mädchen-Halbakt) (Semi-nude young girl (Girl semi-nude)) - recto Skizze eines auf den Knien Liegenden weiblichen Aktes (Sketch of a female nude lying on her knees) - verso
  • signed EL Kirchner and numbered 04  (lower right recto)
  • watercolour and wax crayon on card - recto
    pencil on card - verso
  • 43 by 34.7cm., 16 7/8 by 13 5/8 in.

Provenance

Dr Frederic Bauer Collection (until 1952)
Sale: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett - Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 26th November 1953, lot 1853
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf (acquired in 1954)
Josef Esser, Düsseldorf (acquired in 1954)
Sonja Niehues, Nordhorn
Private Collection, Europe 

Exhibited

Munich, Haus der Kunst & travelling in Germany, E.L. Kirchner - Paintings  and graphics from the F. Bauer collection, Davos, 1952-53, no. 38

Condition

Executed on cream wove card, not laid down, attached to the overmount at the upper edge, and upper left and right edges. There is a horizontal crease to the centre of the work with associated discolouration. Recto: There are a few thin creases to the extreme lower left corner, and a tiny tear to the lower left edge. The paper is slightly time-stained and there are a few fox marks. Verso: The paper is time-stained with scattered marks of discolouration throughout. There are a few minor creases to the upper right corner and there is some paper rubbing at the edge of the upper centre, possibly due to previous glue. This work is in overall good condition.
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