Lot 180
  • 180

ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER | Zwei Tänzerinnen (Two Dancers)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
  • Zwei Tänzerinnen (Two Dancers)
  • signed ELKirchner (centre right)
  • black chalk on paper
  • 50 by 37.5cm., 19 5/8 by 14 3/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1929.

Provenance

Dr Gervais, Lyon & Zurich
Private Collection, Germany
Thole Rotermund Kunsthandel, Hamburg
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at the upper two corners and floating in the mount. The left edge is unevenly cut. There is a small repaired tear approx. 5mm long to the lower part of the right edge, a tiny tear towards the centre of the lower edge and a further repaired tear to the upper left edge approx. 1cm long. There are some intermittent studio stains along the edges. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed and the work is listed in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archives, Bern.