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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Lot 236

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

Artistenkind (Halbakt) (Dube L 136; Schiefler 80)

Closed1 October 2008

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GBP 27,500

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
Artistenkind (Halbakt) (Dube L 136; Schiefler 80)
lithograph, 1909, on wove, a very good, saturated impression of this extremely rare lithograph, Dube's first state (of two), signed by Erna Kirchner in pencil, printed from Stone C (used in Dresden between 1908-1911), with wide margins, the sheet laid down onto board, pale, irregular staining, some adhesive stains and skinned areas in the margins, other, minor defects in the margins, framed
L. 385 x 325 mm., S. 490 x 426 mm.

Specialist note

Schiefler remarked in his catalogue raisonné: 'Studienblatt in vier Abzügen' ('Study sheet in four impressions'). Günther Gercken however has been able to trace a total of six impressions, including the present one. Five of these are printed in the first state, and one in the second, final state. Two of the total of six known impressions are in public collections, one in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and one in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

We are grateful to Professor Dr. Günther Gercken, Lütjensee, Germany, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. Professor Gercken is currently preparing the new catalogue raisonné of prints by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.