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Nude Woman Dressing Hair (recto); Nude Man Drying Feet (verso)

Nude Woman Dressing Hair (recto); Nude Man Drying Feet (verso)

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

At the time of these charcoal drawings, Kirchner and other Brücke artists lived and worked together in Dresden. Many of these nude studies were of Kirchner's friends. The qualiry of the lines suggest a "relaxed sensuality." 19th & 20th century art from collections of alumni & friends; inaugural exhibition, September 11 - November 8, 1970, Elvehjem Art Center (1970)
Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
(German, 1880 - 1938)
Title
Nude Woman Dressing Hair (recto); Nude Man Drying Feet (verso)
Date
ca. 1907-1908; ca. 1917-1918
Medium
Charcoal
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 13 in. support
Credit
Bequest of Barbara Mackey Kaerwer
Accession No.
2017.14.39a-b
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
Germany

Related

1938, Kirchner Estate (Basel, Switzerland); 1969, sold by Gallery Nierendorf (Berlin, Germany) to Barbara Mackey Kaerwer (Eden Prairie, MN); 2017, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Century Art from Collections of Alumni & Friends." Madison, WI: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1970. p. 47, no. 40

  • German Expressionist Prints from an Alumna's Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2/17/1996–3/17/1996
  • Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Cen. Art from Collection of Alumni & Friends: Elvehjem Art Center, 9/11/1970–11/8/1970

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