Bauern und Tiere auf der Stafelalp. Um 1918.
Blue and black Chalks.
With the estate stamp and the registration number "FS da / Bl 11" on the reverse, there also numbered "C 3452" and "K 6166". On cardboard. 38.3 x 49.8 cm (15 x 19.6 in), the full sheet.
[KT].
• Densely crafted drawing with a composition featuring multiple figures and a rich sense of perspective.
• Created in Switzerland, Kirchner's adopted home and creative refuge since 1917.
• The Stafelalp near Davos became the central motif of his drawings and paintings.

We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (Davos 1938, Kunstmuseum Basel 1946).
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired in 1996).

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 212, December 2, 1996, lot 29.

Good overall impression. Sheet shows superficial traces of dirt and color. The edges of the sheet with isolated small spots of paint caused by the artist. The right edge with a horizontal, professionally backed tear (approx. 4.5 cm), isolated handling creases and minor creases in the upper right corner.