Nackte Mädchen unterhalten sich (Zwei Mädchen)

Naked Girls Talking (Two Girls), 1909/1920

ArtistErnst Ludwig Kirchner, Aschaffenburg 1880–1938 Davos

Oil on canvas

(H x W)75,5 × 100,8 cm

Status

on display, room 018.4

About the workLike other members of the Brücke artists’ group, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner frequently used children as models. Their behaviour seemed less rehearsed to him than that of adults. What Kirchner was looking for was naturalness, a pivotal turning point, a break with artistic traditions. The subjects of this portrait are presumed to be Marcella Albertine Olga Sprentzel and a girl named Senta. They begin to appear in the artist’s works from 1909. Today, the relationship between the painters and their young models is the subject of critical debate.

AccessionAcquisition 1952

ProvenanceBis 1938 im Besitz des Künstlers (1880 - 1938); 1938 - 1945 Erna Schilling (Berlin 1884 - 1945), Davos, erworben im Erbgang; 1946- ? Nachlass des Künstlers, Kunstmuseum Basel (KN-Dre/Bg8a); [...]; 1950/51 ausgestellt in Hamburg, Hannover, Bremen und Düsseldorf "Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Werke aus dem Nachlass: Zum ersten Male in Deutschland...", Nr. 5; [...]; 1952 angekauft von der Galerie Aenne Abels, Köln

Inventory number0.1952.4989

Contact

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