Lot 390
  • 390

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
  • Partie bei Dresden (Area near Dresden) - rectoAkt mit Halskette auf einem Sofa liegend (Nude with Necklace Reclining on a Sofa) - verso
  • pencil on paper - recto & verso
  • 32.1 by 43.2cm., 12 5/8 by 17in.

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Galerie Theo Hill, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, taped to the mount at the upper two corners and floating in the mount. The sheet is time-stained. There is a repaired hole to the lower left corner and a repaired tear across the upper right corner. There is a very small nick to the left edge towards the upper left corner and a small loss to the lower right corner. There is a minor scuff to the paper surface at the centre of the left edge, and there are faint scattered spots of foxing across the composition. This work is in overall good condition.
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