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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Couple1909

Not on view
Gestural graphite drawing on white paper of two nude figures reclining diagonally, rendered with loose contour lines and crosshatched hair
Artist or Maker
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Germany, also active Switzerland 1880-1938
Title
Couple
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1909
Medium
Graphite on brown wrapping paper
Dimensions
17 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (44.77 x 34.61 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.338
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1880-1938); estate of the artist; [Curt Valentin, New York]; [Richard Feigen, Chicago]; George London, New York; [Sotheby's, London]; purchased 5 December 1973 (lot 207) by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.