This work belongs to a main work

Lying nude, ca. 1923

Blatt: 381 x 500 mm

Physical Description: Brush in black over pencil on cardboard

Inventory Number: 16242

Object Number: 16242V Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

When Ernst Ludwig Kirchner took his own life in Switzerland in June 1938, the Second World War had yet to begin. It would be eight years after the war ended before Kirchner's brother, Walter, succeeded in transferring the artist's entire estate back to Germany. The management of the Städel Museum quickly showed great interest, especially in his works on paper. The acquisitions were accompanied by a number of donations from the heirs to the estate, who wanted to help to fill the gaps in numerous German museum collections of modern art which had been caused by the confiscations during the 'degenerate art' campaign in 1937.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Lying nude

Draughtsman

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Recto: Portrait of Erna Wearing a Hat

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Brush in black over pencil on cardboard

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

study

Captions Added Later: Oben links violetter Nachlassstempel des Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570b), mit der zugehörigen Bezeichnung (in Schwarz): F Da/Ba 26; Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

Lenz 1974, 75

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary

31AA14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure
31AA2364 lying on one side, with uplifted upper part of the body and leaning on the arm - AA - female human figure

Secondary