Two Women

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Two Women

Germany, 1911-1912/1922
Paintings
Oil on canvas
59 × 47 in. (149.86 × 119.38 cm)
Gift of B. Gerald Cantor (60.33)
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3

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Provenance

The artist (1880-1938), Berlin and Davos; Kirchner Estate, probably until 1958; [Eugene V. Thaw, The New Gallery, New York];  sold to B....
The artist (1880-1938), Berlin and Davos; Kirchner Estate, probably until 1958; [Eugene V. Thaw, The New Gallery, New York];  sold to B. Gerald Cantor (1916-1996), Los Angeles; given in  1960 to Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art; transferred in 1961 to LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Herold, Inge, Ulrike Lorenz, and Thorsten Sadowsky. Der Doppelte Kirchner: Die Zwei Seiten der Leinwand. Mannheim: Kunsthalle Mannheim; Davos: Kirchner Museum; Köln: Wienand, 2015

  • Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.1968. Catalogue raisonné, no. 554, p. 346, illustrated.

  • Herold, Inge, Ulrike Lorenz, and Thorsten Sadowsky. Der Doppelte Kirchner: Die Zwei Seiten der Leinwand. Mannheim: Kunsthalle Mannheim; Davos: Kirchner Museum; Köln: Wienand, 2015

  • Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.1968. Catalogue raisonné, no. 554, p. 346, illustrated.

  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  West Germany:  Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • Price, Lorna.  Masterpieces from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
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