Dance Hall Bellevue [obverse], 1909/1910

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.a

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (artist) German, 1880 - 1938

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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., Washington, D.C., 1991: 280-281.

Associated Names

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

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, color repro.

1992: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no catalogue.

2003: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 25, repro., as Dresden Buildings (Dance Hall Bellevue) (shown only in Washingon).

2014: Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky, Kunsthaus Zürich; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 2014-2015, no. 111, pl. 79.

2019: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Neue Galerie New York, 2019 - 2020, no. 7, repro.

Bibliography

1968: Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968: 400, no. 923v, repro. 421.

1991: Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 324, color repro.