ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER German, 1880-1930
Two Girls | Zwei Mädchen, c. 1925
India Ink Drawing on Wove Paper
Paper size: 46 x 36.5 cm. / 18 x 14.4 in.
This ink drawing by the German artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is stamped at the lower left corner, verso with the artist's estate stamp (Lugt 1570b) and inscribed in black ink “F Be/Bh 4”.
It is additionally inscribed in pencil ‘K4535 4167’ and ‘C-1241’.
The work is also recorded in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archiv Wichtrach, Bern.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist (stamp verso)
Gillian Raffles (née Posnansky) 1930-2021.
Gillian Raffles, born Gillian Posnansky in London in December 1930, was one of a very small number of pioneering woman gallerists in Britain’s post-war art scene.
Gillian established the Mercury Gallery in 1964, creating a highly regarded space for both emerging and established artists, as well as for the historically overlooked.
Condition: Very good condition. Sheet slightly toned in the lower corners. Remnants of adhesive hinging, verso.
It is additionally inscribed in pencil ‘K4535 4167’ and ‘C-1241’.
The work is also recorded in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archiv Wichtrach, Bern.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist (stamp verso)
Gillian Raffles (née Posnansky) 1930-2021.
Gillian Raffles, born Gillian Posnansky in London in December 1930, was one of a very small number of pioneering woman gallerists in Britain’s post-war art scene.
Gillian established the Mercury Gallery in 1964, creating a highly regarded space for both emerging and established artists, as well as for the historically overlooked.
Condition: Very good condition. Sheet slightly toned in the lower corners. Remnants of adhesive hinging, verso.
$ 13,000.00 Unframed