Dancing Couple in the Snow [reverse], 1928-1929

East Building, Mezzanine — Gallery 217-A

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 56 x 90 cm (22 1/16 x 35 7/16 in.)

framed: 83.2 x 113 x 6.3 cm (32 3/4 x 44 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.60.1.b

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (artist) German, 1880 - 1938

Image Use

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Provenance

The artist [1880-1938]; his estate; (Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione bei Lugano, Switzerland);[1] purchased by Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009] and Jacob [1909-2001] Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland; gift (partial and promised) 1989 to NGA; gift completed 2012.

[1] Provenance according to Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Ketterer, Roman Norbert

Exhibition History

2019: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Neue), Neue Galerie New York, New York, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1968: Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968: 400, no. 923, repro.