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124000091
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zwei weibliche Akte im Raum (Gerda und Erna Schilling), 1915.
Pencil drawing
Starting bid: € 14,000 / $ 15,400
Zwei weibliche Akte im Raum (Gerda und Erna Schilling). Um 1915.
Pencil drawing.
With the stamp “No. 234 aus dem Nachlass von Fräulein Lise Gujer Davos-Sertig 13.3.1967”, on the reverse. On off-white wove paper. 24.5 x 30.9 cm (9.6 x 12.1 in), the full sheet.
[KT].
• The female nude in natural poses is a central motif for Kirchner.
• Hardly any other expressionist artist used drawing as a creative tool as much as Kirchner.
• Gerda and Erna Schilling are Kirchner's models in his best creative days in Berlin
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We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Lise Gujer Collection, Davos-Sertig.
Luse Gujer Estate (1967, with the stamp on the reverse).
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (until 1995: Ketterer Kunst).
Private collection, Northern Germany (acquired from the above)
Ever since in family ownership.

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst Munich, Modern Art, Auction 207, December 4, 1995, lot 24.

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124000091
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Zwei weibliche Akte im Raum (Gerda und Erna Schilling), 1915.
Pencil drawing
Starting bid: € 14,000 / $ 15,400