Stehender Akt mit Holzfigur. Um 1915/16.
Pen and India ink drawing over pencil.
On paper, laid on cardboard. 21 x 14.7 cm (8.2 x 5.7 in), size of sheet.
[CH].

• From the sought-after Berlin days.
• Kirchner found his female (nude) models in Berlin's nightlife .
• The dynamic, spontaneous drawing is an expression of Kirchner's profound interest in human anatomy, posture and movement.
• The "Brücke" artists described the depiction of people, and the nude in particular, as "the basis of all visual art".

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 263f., SHG no. 381 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 340, SHG no. 765 (illu.).

In good condition. With a few small kinks. [SM]