Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Untitled (Stehende Frau und nähendes Mädchen) - image-1

Lot 312 Dα

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Untitled (Stehende Frau und nähendes Mädchen)

Auction 1078 - overview Cologne
02.12.2016, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 5.580 € (incl. premium)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Untitled (Stehende Frau und nähendes Mädchen)
Circa 1920

Pencil drawing on smooth, thin paper with rounded corners on the right side 20.7 x 15.9 cm Framed under glass. Unsigned. Black estate stamp "Nr. 33 [the number in black ink] aus dem Nachlass von Fräulein Lise Gujer, Davos-Sertig 13.3.1967" verso lower right. Titled and dated "Stehende Frau und nähendes Mädchen Um 1920" by Florian Karsch in pencil lower centre. - The paper slightly browned and minor traces of age, folds to lower corners.

According to Gerd Presler, the present work is a sketchbook sheet dating from Kirchner's early years in Davos. The artist probably depicted a scene from the social life of the Swiss resort with get-togethers in large hotels and sanatoriums for 'Tango Tea', for chess matches or for musical events.

Certificate

We would like to thank Gerd Presler, Weingarten, for confirmatory and complementary information

Provenance

Estate Lise Gujer, Davos (stamp verso); Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin; Private possession, Rhineland