Naked Girls in the Studio (Nackte Mädchen im Atelier)

1911

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Associated Names
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Artist, German, 1880 - 1938

This print depicts two nude women. One woman in the center of the print is standing, her body facing us, her head turned to the left. One of her knees is slightly bent, and her hands are together, holding a cloth. She has dark, thick hair styled up into a bun, and simple facial features created with angular lines: thin eyebrows, a straight nose, and a round, closed mouth. The other woman is seated on the left of the print, facing left, leaning forward and raising a cigarette to her mouth with one hand. Her dark hair is styled up around her head, and she appears to be wearing an earring. The background is minimalistic, with abstract shapes and lines, including a bucket-shaped object between the women. The print uses bold, black lines on a light, off-white background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 55.2 x 40.9 cm (21 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.95.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1967, Vol. (L), no. 182, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kirchner estate (Lugt Supp. 1570b). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. [1] (R.M. Light & Co., Boston); Ruth and Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased May 9, 1970; gift to NGA, 1986.
[1] According to the receipt for the present object.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Kirchner and the Berlin Street, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 29 July 2008 - 10 November 2008.

Bibliography

1967

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. E.L. Kirchner; das graphische Werke. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1967.

1985

  • NGA Kainen Coll. 1985, 8, repro. p.28.

2008

  • Wye, Deborah. Kirchner and the Berlin Street. (Exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008), New York, 2008, unnumbered exhibition catalogue.

2013

  • Grecken, Gunther Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik. Bern: Galerie Kornfeld Verlag AG, 2013.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: E LKirchner; upper left verso stamped in ink, crossed out in graphite: #X453; in later hand, lower right verso in red pen and graphite, circled: X.366E / #5

Wikidata ID

Q74875770

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