Sale: 459 / Modern Art I, Dec. 09. 2017 in Munich Lot 635

 

635
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Schaukel, 1912.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)
Schaukel. 1912.
Pencil drawing.
Lower right signed and dated. Verso titled. Verso with the estate stam of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570b) and with the hand-written registration number "B Be/Bh 1". On wove paper. 46.6 x 30 cm (18.3 x 11.8 in) , size of sheet.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Brücke und Blauer Reiter, Von-der-Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, 1 December 1996 - 16 February, 1997
Im Zentrum: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 26 October 2001 - 13 January 2002; Kirchner Museum Davos 27 January - 14 April 2002; Brücke-Museum, Berlin 17 January - 2 March 2003, cat. no.42.

"How stupid and superficial people tend to judge, they do not realize that the most sketchily executed part in my drawing is the most important one, as it allows me to capture even the slighest sensation."
Kirchner, Davos Diaries, p. 98




635
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Schaukel, 1912.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 22,500 / $ 24,300

(incl. surcharge)