Milliner with Hat (Modistin mit Hut)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
European Art
The sharp contrast between the yellow paper and black contours of this vibrant portrait emphasizes its abstracted quality, as well as the expressive power of color and form. It most likely depicts Ernst Kirchner’s lover and favorite model at the time, Doris Grosse, whom he often portrayed wearing large, elaborate hats. Kirchner was a founding member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke (The Bridge) and created more than two thousand prints during his career. Of printmaking he said: “The technical procedures doubtless release energies in the artist that remain unused in the much more lightweight processes of drawing or painting. . . . There is no better place to get to know an artist than in his graphic work.”
MEDIUM
Lithograph on wove paper
DATES
1910
DIMENSIONS
Image: 23 9/16 x 17 in. (59.8 x 43.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 9/16 x 17 in. (59.8 x 43.2 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed, "Kirchner" lower right margin in pencil
INSCRIPTIONS
Lower left in graphite: "Handdruck"; lower right in graphite: "E.L. Kirchner"
"Probedruck" lower left corner in artist's handwriting
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
57.194.1
CREDIT LINE
Carll H. de Silver Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880â1938). Milliner with Hat (Modistin mit Hut), 1910. Lithograph on wove paper, Image: 23 9/16 x 17 in. (59.8 x 43.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 57.194.1 (Photo: , 57.194.1_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 57.194.1_PS9.jpg., 2019
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