609 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880, Aschaffenburg – Frauenkirch/Davos, 1938)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880, Aschaffenburg – Frauenkirch/Davos, 1938) Three Dancers Lithograph on chamois-colored handmade paper. (1912). Approx. 26.5 x 21.5 cm (sheet size approx. 65 x 49 cm). One of only 4 known copies of this state. Very rare. On the reverse, marked by another hand as “K3065,” “2689,” and “L 175 III D.” Gercken 559 II (of II). • Only a few copies exist • The Berlin variety and dance scene was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Ernst Ludwig Kirchner • Kirchner had originally intended the lithograph as an exclusive supplement for the planned “Chronicle of the Brücke Artists’ Group” (1913) Exhibition: Printed Art by the Brücke Artists, Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern 2014, cat. no. 28. Provenance: Artist’s estate, bearing the Basel stamp (Lugt 1570b) on the reverse; Private collection, Switzerland. Taxation: subject to regular taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).