Life (Gujer Design), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Life (Gujer Design)
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Life (Gujer Design), ca. 1927


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272 x 356 mm
Physical Description
Pen and black ink over pencil and watercolour on light yellow paper, mounted on Japanese paper
Inventory Number
SG 3283
Object Number
SG 3283 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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In the 1920s, Kirchner’s works began to exhibit an increasingly ornamental organization of the surface. This “carpet style” had emerged in part from his productive collaboration with the weaver Lise Gujer (1893–1967), whose acquaintance he had made in Davos in 1921. Gujer wove more than thirty textile works after designs by Kirchner, among them the carpet "Life" (Städel Museum, Inv. Nr. 2111) commissioned by Carl Hagemann (1867–1940). The artist made several preparatory drawings for the scene. The earliest version, the Gujer Design, already features the depictions of the cattle drive and the path of life that would dominate the final composition (Städel Museum, Inv. No. 17768).

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02.12.2024