ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER German, 1880-1930
Ball Playing Nudes | Ballspielende Akte, 1932
Chalk Drawing on Smooth Wove Paper
44 x 36.2 cm. / 17.3 x 14.3 in.
This is a chalk drawing by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
It is inscribed with brown ink “KSM7” in brown ink, verso.
Additionally, it is inscribed E966 in pencil, verso.
It is annotated in pencil in the lower right corner.
Provenance: Christian Laely, Davos/Paris
Dr. Gervais, Zurich; 1938
Private Collection, Frankfurt am Main
Kunsthandlung Karl Vonderbank, Frankfurt a. M. in 1973,
The drawing is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner archive, Wichtrach/Bern under number 3029.
Literature and Illustration
Auktion 137: Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. [...]. Bern, Kornfeld und Klipstein, 17.–19.6.1970, cat. no. 631
Condition: Very good condition. A 24 mm. repaired tear at the lower left sheet edge. Soft creasing to the lower right sheet corner. Remnants of hinging tape, at the upper sheet edge, verso. Very pale, unobtrusive staining in the upper left sheet and verso. Two pinholes along the left sheet edge, from the artist’s working practice.
It is inscribed with brown ink “KSM7” in brown ink, verso.
Additionally, it is inscribed E966 in pencil, verso.
It is annotated in pencil in the lower right corner.
Provenance: Christian Laely, Davos/Paris
Dr. Gervais, Zurich; 1938
Private Collection, Frankfurt am Main
Kunsthandlung Karl Vonderbank, Frankfurt a. M. in 1973,
The drawing is documented in the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner archive, Wichtrach/Bern under number 3029.
Literature and Illustration
Auktion 137: Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. [...]. Bern, Kornfeld und Klipstein, 17.–19.6.1970, cat. no. 631
Condition: Very good condition. A 24 mm. repaired tear at the lower left sheet edge. Soft creasing to the lower right sheet corner. Remnants of hinging tape, at the upper sheet edge, verso. Very pale, unobtrusive staining in the upper left sheet and verso. Two pinholes along the left sheet edge, from the artist’s working practice.
$ 31,000.00
