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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR56.6
People
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German (Aschaffenburg am Main, Germany 1880 - 1938 Davos, Switzerland)
Title
Portrait of a Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1913
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel with charcoal on paper
Dimensions
sight: 67.3 x 49.9 cm (26 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: I. 6892
  • inscription: On recto, l.l., in graphite: I6892
  • blind stamp: On recto, l.r.: Städtisches Museum Leipzig
  • (not assigned): On verso, u.l.: 1064

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig; removed from the collection by the National Socialist (Nazi) authorities, August 20, 1937 [EK 1064]; [Bernhard Böhmer]. [Buchholz Gallery, New York ] sold; to private collector (1951), gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous Gift
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
BR56.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • 32Q: 1500 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Expressionism-Interwar), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/05/2016 - 08/10/2016

Verification Level

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