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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ball Playing Nudes

1931

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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER 1880-1938 (German) Aschaffenburg 1880 - 1938 Davos Title: Ball Playing Nudes Ballspielende Akte, 1932 Technique: Chalk Drawing on Smooth Wove Paper Paper size: 44 x 36.2 cm. / 17.3 x 14.3 in. Additional Information: This is a chalk drawing by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. It is inscribed with brown ink “KSM7” in brown ink, verso. Additionally, it is inscribed E966 in pencil, verso. It is annotated in pencil in the lower right corner. Provenance: Christian Laely, Davos/Paris Dr. Gervais, Zurich; 1938 Private Collection, Frankfurt am Main Kunsthandlung Karl Vonderbank, Frankfurt a. M. in 1973, The drawing is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner archive, Wichtrach/Bern under number 3029. Literature and Illustration Auktion 137: Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. [...]. Bern, Kornfeld und Klipstein, 17.–19.6.1970, cat. no. 631 Condition: Very good condition.

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