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Cantatrice au piano or Pianistin
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Cantatrice au piano or Pianistin
signed, dated and inscribed twice 'E.L.Kirchner Cantatrice au piano 29 peinture à l'huile' and 'E.L.Kirchner Pianistin 29' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
47 5/8 x 59 1/8 in. (121 x 150 cm.)
Painted in 1929
Cantatrice au piano or Pianistin
signed, dated and inscribed twice 'E.L.Kirchner Cantatrice au piano 29 peinture à l'huile' and 'E.L.Kirchner Pianistin 29' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
47 5/8 x 59 1/8 in. (121 x 150 cm.)
Painted in 1929
Provenance
Herbert Kurz, Wolframs-Eschenbach.
Carl Hagemann, Frankfurt, by 1931.
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf, by 1952.
Meshulam Riklis, Beverly Hills.
Carl Hagemann, Frankfurt, by 1931.
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf, by 1952.
Meshulam Riklis, Beverly Hills.
Literature
S. zu Schweinsberg & E. Freiherr, 'Die Sammlung Hagemann in Frankfurt-am-Main', in Museum der Gegenwart II, 1931, p. 106 (illustrated p. 107).
K.G. Gerold, Deutsche Malerei unserer Zeit, Munich, 1956, no. 37 (illustrated p. 227).
A. Henze, 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Carl Hagemann; Zur Geschichte der Sammlung Hagemann und die Tragödie von Essen', in Das Kunstwerk, 1955 - 1956, no. 4, pp. 9-19 (illustrated p. 13).
D.E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Cambridge, 1968, no. 943 (illustrated p. 403).
K.G. Gerold, Deutsche Malerei unserer Zeit, Munich, 1956, no. 37 (illustrated p. 227).
A. Henze, 'Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und Carl Hagemann; Zur Geschichte der Sammlung Hagemann und die Tragödie von Essen', in Das Kunstwerk, 1955 - 1956, no. 4, pp. 9-19 (illustrated p. 13).
D.E. Gordon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Cambridge, 1968, no. 943 (illustrated p. 403).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, L'Art Vivant de l'Europe, 1931, no. 46 (lent by the artist).
Bern, Kunsthalle, Ausstellung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, March - April 1933, no. 89 (illustrated pp. 31-32).
Frankfurt, Stäelmuseum, Die Sammlung Hagemann, September - November 1948.
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, June 1949.
Essen, Museum Folkwang, October 1950; this exhibition later travelled to Münster, Landesmuseum Westfalen.
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, Deutsche Kunst, Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, July - October 1953, no. 54 (illustrated p. 38).
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, September - October 1960, no. 97 (illustrated).
Bern, Kunsthalle, Ausstellung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, March - April 1933, no. 89 (illustrated pp. 31-32).
Frankfurt, Stäelmuseum, Die Sammlung Hagemann, September - November 1948.
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, June 1949.
Essen, Museum Folkwang, October 1950; this exhibition later travelled to Münster, Landesmuseum Westfalen.
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, Deutsche Kunst, Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, July - October 1953, no. 54 (illustrated p. 38).
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, September - October 1960, no. 97 (illustrated).
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