Nude on the Beach

1910

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This drawing shows bold, sweeping, dark blue lines on beige paper, creating an abstract composition. Some of the lines on the left appear to outline an abstract female figure seen from the knees up with no distinct facial features. There are other curving lines and shapes surrounding this figure, but they have no distinct form.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    blue crayon on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.8 × 33.8 cm (17 1/4 × 13 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.257

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E.L. Kirchner estate, Basel (Lugt 1570b). (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano); Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 31, 1979; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, in graphite: 6168 (crossed out); C3446 / K6521; E. L. Kirchner estate stamp annotated in pen and black ink: Fs Dre l Bg 80

Wikidata ID

Q64559850

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