ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER | Nackte Figur mit Umhang (japanisch) (Nude Figure with a Cape (Japanese))

Estate of the Artist
Ketterer Kunst, Munich (acquired by 2000)
Diethelm Hoener, Germany (sale: Philips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, The Hoener Collection, 5th November 2001, lot 46)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Munich, Ketterer Kunst, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner zum 120 Geburtstag die Faszination des Exotischen, 2000, no. 30, illustrated in the catalogue
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte, 2006, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue

Executed on cream wove paper and not laid down, floating in the mount. The sheet is hinged to the mount on the verso of the upper corners. The edges of the sheet are uneven. There are a few minor tears with some associated creasing to the righthand edge, the largest of which is 1.5cm. and running horizontally at the centre of the right edge. There are some minor handling marks and creases visible around the edges, most noticeably three flattened creases running vertically parallel to the lower right edge. There are some scattered spots of faint foxing in places. There are remnants of a previous mounting visible on the reverse, towards the lower edge, which are faintly visible from the recto. This work is in overall good condition.
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This work is listed in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner archives, Wichtrach/Bern.