Sleigh Ride in the Snow, 1927 – 1929

Title

Sleigh Ride in the Snow

Painter

• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links: ELK

Work Catalogues

Gordon 1968, Nr. 874

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1987 as a gift from Kurt Möllgaard, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• landscape

Main Motif

• winter landscape
• mountain range
• woman
• man
• group of people
• animal

Primary

• 23F41winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year)
• 46C1811(+23)horse-sleigh (+ three persons ~ traffic and transport)

Secondary

• 26D1snow
• 25H111mountain-range, snow peaks
• 25H15forest, wood
• 25G3trees
• 26Aclouds

Associative

• 26Dfrost, freezing weather

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