Bidspirit auction | Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Zwei Essende

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Zwei Essende und Katze (Mann und Frau, essend) - KIRCHNER, ERNST LUDWIG 1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch/Davos Title: Zwei Essende und Katze (Mann und Frau, essend). Date: Ca. 1928. Technique: Pastel on red drawing paper. Measurement: 40,5 x 45,5cm. Notation: Artist's estate stamp (Lugt 1570b) verso bottom left with the number entered: Fs/Da Bi 51. Here labelled K1393 and C2652. Also labelled by another hand: oil painting Da Bi 13.. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. The work is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern. We would like to express our gratitude for the kind academic support. Provenance: - Artist's studio (until 1938) - Erna Kirchner (until 1945) - Artist's estate (until 1945) - Kunstmuseum Basel (1946 to 1954, on deposit) - Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer - Galleria Henze, Campione - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia Exhibitions: - Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia 1980 Literature: - Exhibition catalogue Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Die Davoser Jahre, Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia 1980, cat. no. 36 - Attractive pastel by the important 'Brücke' expressionist - From his last creative phase, which he spent in Davos - Kirchner's works from the 1920s are characterised by a flat, reduced formal language and an expanded, strong colour palette Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Germany Die Brücke Modern Art 1920s Framed Food Works on paper Pastel Group of Figures