The Visit - Couple and Newcomer, 1922

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 120.6 x 120.9 cm (47 1/2 x 47 5/8 in.)

framed: 137.2 x 135.6 x 4.4 cm (54 x 53 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1989.60.2

Artists / Makers

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (artist) German, 1880 - 1938

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left reverse: ELKirchner

Provenance

The artist [1880-1938]; his estate; (Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich);[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: 314-315.

Associated Names

Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer
Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1925: Probably Galerie Ludwig Schames, Frankfurt, 1925, no. 30.

1980: Ausstellung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Gemälde Aquarelle Zeichnungen Graphik Plastik, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich; Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia Switzerland, 1980, no. 25, repro.

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Natoinal 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 cat.

2003: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1880-1938 [London title: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: The Dresden and Berlin Years], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003, no. 189, repro., as The Visit (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1968: Gordon, Donald E. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968: 367, no. 693, repro.

2009: Cooper, Harry. The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009: 18, repro.