Seated Woman with Wood Sculpture (Primary Title)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German, 1880 - 1938 (Artist)
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Kirchner and Nolde: Up for Discussion, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 4 - August 1, 2021; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 4 - December 12, 2021
German Expressionism and France: From Van Gogh and Gauguin to the Blaue Reiter, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 8-September 14, 2014; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, October 6, 2014-January 25, 2015
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 2-June 1, 2003; Royal Academy of Arts, June 24-Sept. 30, 2003.
Paintings and Prints from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection of German Expressionist Art, VMFA, July 11-Sep. 20, 1998
Kirchner exhibition, Kunsthalle Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf, 1960.
Die Neue Malerei, Galerie Arnold, Dresden, 1914, No. 85.
German Expressionism and France: From Van Gogh and Gauguin to the Blaue Reiter, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 8-September 14, 2014; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, October 6, 2014-January 25, 2015
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 2-June 1, 2003; Royal Academy of Arts, June 24-Sept. 30, 2003.
Paintings and Prints from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection of German Expressionist Art, VMFA, July 11-Sep. 20, 1998
Kirchner exhibition, Kunsthalle Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf, 1960.
Die Neue Malerei, Galerie Arnold, Dresden, 1914, No. 85.
1914 (Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Germany). [1]. By 1960, Private Collection, Düsseldorf (?), Germany. [2] Before or by 1968, Mrs. Geller-Zärtlang [no dates], Neuss, Germany. [3] By October 1984 (Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf, Germany); sold 17 October 1984 to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia. [4]
[1] The painting was in an exhibition “Die Neue Malerei” at the Galerie Arnold, Dresden, 1914, No. 85.
[2] The painting was included in a solo Kirchner exhibition at the Kunsthalle Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf, in September – October, 1960, No. 19. In the catalogue, the only lender information is “Private Collection” – possibly from Düsseldorf as other Private Collections mentioned in catalogue indicate the location of lender. Later in 1984, the dealer W. Wittrock lists the provenance as Private Collection, Düsseldorf. Document in VMFA curatorial file.
[3] In Donald E. Gordon’s 1968 catalogue raisonne, the provenance of the painting (No. 268) listed is Mrs. Geller-Zärtlang, Neuss, Germany with no dates. Gordon also references the Kirchner Archive Documentation Album II, 27.
[4] Acquisition date in Registration and Curatorial files, VMFA.
[1] The painting was in an exhibition “Die Neue Malerei” at the Galerie Arnold, Dresden, 1914, No. 85.
[2] The painting was included in a solo Kirchner exhibition at the Kunsthalle Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf, in September – October, 1960, No. 19. In the catalogue, the only lender information is “Private Collection” – possibly from Düsseldorf as other Private Collections mentioned in catalogue indicate the location of lender. Later in 1984, the dealer W. Wittrock lists the provenance as Private Collection, Düsseldorf. Document in VMFA curatorial file.
[3] In Donald E. Gordon’s 1968 catalogue raisonne, the provenance of the painting (No. 268) listed is Mrs. Geller-Zärtlang, Neuss, Germany with no dates. Gordon also references the Kirchner Archive Documentation Album II, 27.
[4] Acquisition date in Registration and Curatorial files, VMFA.
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