Archers, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Archers
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Bogenschützen, ca. 1935-1937, Gemälde. Standort unbekannt (Gordon 994)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Archers, ca. 1935


Blatt
290 x 210 mm
Inventory Number
16076
Object Number
16076 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Acquisition

From 1900 onwards, the Frankfurt chemist and industrialist Carl Hagemann (1867‒1940) assembled one of the most important private collections of modern art. It included numerous paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, especially by members of the artist group “Die Brücke”. After Carl Hagemann died in an accident during the Second World War, the then Städel director Ernst Holzinger arranged for Hagemann’s heirs to evacuate his collection with the museum’s collection. In gratitude, the family donated almost all of the works on paper to the Städel Museum in 1948. Further donations and permanent loans as well as purchases of paintings and watercolours from the Hagemann estate helped to compensate for the losses the museum had suffered in 1937 as part of the Nazi’s “Degenerate Art” campaign. Today, the Hagemann Collection forms the core of the Städel museum’s Expressionist collection.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title
Archers
Draughtsman
Period Produced
Object Type
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert unten mittig (mit der Feder in Graubraun): E L Kirchner; bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): 29;
verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Blau): Bogenschützen Studium des Luftschattens
Captions Added Later
Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): 521. [Vermächtnis Dr. Carl Hagemann]
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer
Watermark
  • Nicht vorhanden
Work Catalogues
  • Lenz 1974, 96

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain

Work Content

Motifs and References

Iconclass

Primary
  • 45C15 archer's weapons
  • 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), Davos
an Carl Hagemann (1867-1940), Frankfurt am Main, Dezember 1936
Nachlass Carl Hagemann, Frankfurt am Main,1940
Schenkung der Erben an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1948.

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Last update

13.03.2024