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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 6, 2025 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Evening Sale | 17 | $****** - ****** | Vier weibliche Akte im Atelier |
Works on Paper
49.4 x 59.5 cm (19.45 x 23.43 in)
Watercolor, opaque watercolor and color chalks, On wove paper, the full sheet
With the drawing "Bildnis eines Mannes mit Hut (Hans Frisch?)" in India ink from around 1908 on the reverse.; With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b), the handwritten registration number "A Dre/Bg 22", as well as with the numbers "K 3691" and "3316" on the reverse
Artist"s estate (Davos 1938, Kunstmuseum Basel 1946, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer 1954, with the estate stamp on the reverse). Ernst Friedrich (Ernesto) Blohm Collection, Caracas/Venezuela (acquired from the above in 1958: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Family-owned ever since.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner aus Privatbesitz, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Richard Kaselowsky-Haus, Bielefeld, September 14 - October 26, 1969, cat. no. 44 (illustrated in color on plate 23). E. L. Kirchner. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik, Kunstverein in Hamburg, December 6, 1969 - January 25, 1970; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. Main, February 6 - March 29, 1970, cat. no. 67 (illustrated in color on plate 17). Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Privatsammlung, Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, May 5 - early June 1970, cat. no. 17 (illustrated). Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880-1938, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Nov. 29, 1979 - Jan. 20, 1980; Haus der Kunst, Munich, February 9 - April 13, 1980; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, April 26 - June 8, 1980; Kunsthaus Zürich, June 20 - August 10, 1980, cat. no. 102 (illustated in color on p. 148). Schlossmuseum Murnau, permanent loan (2008-2023). Welt-Bühne-Traum. Die “Brücke” im Atelier, Saarlandmuseum - Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken, November 13, 2020 - March 7, 2021.
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, auction 31, May 20/21, 1958, lot 473 (illustrated on plate 19). "Kirchner"s primary subject [..] was the sensuality of the female nude, which he used as a metaphor for his own understanding of life." Hermann Gerlinger, in: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Stuttgart 1995, p. 129. Called up: June 6, 2025 - ca. 18.02 h +/- 20 min.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Vier weibliche Akte im Atelier
Um 1910.
Watercolor, opaque watercolor and color chalks. With the drawing "Bildnis eines Mannes mit Hut (Hans Frisch?)" in India ink from around 1908 on the reverse.
With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b), the handwritten registration number "A Dre/Bg 22", as well as with the numbers "K 3691" and "3316" on the reverse. On wove paper. 49.4 x 59.5 cm (19.4 x 23.4 in), the full sheet.
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• Masterfully executed studio scene from the sought-after “Brücke” period.
• Utter Expressionism: nudes in a studio, distinct edgy forms, and bold complementary colors.
• The studio as a total work of art: more than any other place, Kirchner"s studio expresses a new spirit and the revolutionary artistic vision of the “Brücke” artists.
• In terms of style and motif, it is closely related to his famous Dresden studio painting “Badende im Raum.”
• Fully executed watercolors of this quality from the heyday of the “Brücke” are extremely rare on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• In family ownership for almost 70 years, formerly part of the renowned Ernesto Blohm Collection, Caracas/Venezuela
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This work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive Wichtrach/Bern<.
