352
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Liegender weiblicher Akt, 1926.
Watercolor with chalks and India ink
Estimation:
€ 30,000 / $ 34,500
Résultat:
€ 38,100 / $ 43,815

( frais d'adjudication compris)
352
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Liegender weiblicher Akt, 1926.
Watercolor with chalks and India ink
Estimation:
€ 30,000 / $ 34,500
Résultat:
€ 38,100 / $ 43,815

( frais d'adjudication compris)
 

Liegender weiblicher Akt. 1926.
Watercolor with chalks and India ink.
Lower left signed and dated. On smooth off-white wove paper. 29.5 x 55.8 cm (11.6 x 21.9 in), the full sheet. [AM].

• Atmospheric nude in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's highly expressive signature style.
• With a strong line and in dynamic watercolors, Kirchner created a depiction characterized by an enormous expressiveness.
• From the collection of Dr. Frédéric Bauer, head physician of the Davos Park Sanatorium and a close friend of Kirchner.
• Privately-owned for more than 60 years
.

The work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Frédéric Bauer, Davos.
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired in 1960: Hauswedell, ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: Gemälde und Graphik der Sammlung Dr. F. Bauer - Davos, Nuremberg, 1952, cat. no. 212 (no illu.).

LITERATURE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, 18th auction, November 26, 1953, lot 1941 (no illu.)
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, Hamburg, 101st auction, November 26, 1960, lot 379 (with illu. on plate XXI).