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Nude at the Studio, ca. 1910

Dimensions: 89.0 x 78.0 cm

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Inventory Number: Dep. 12R

Acquisition: Possession of the Städel Museum

Status: Not on display

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About the Work

Crude and direct – that is the impression conveyed by many of Kirchner’s nude depictions from his Dresden years. Yet hardly any of them show the female body as unashamedly as this painting, which was not discovered until 2010. Her legs spread far apart, the woman exposes her genitals to full view. She is surrounded by objects familiar to us from other depictions of Kirchner’s studio. Unlike many works dating from the period in question, this one was spared later revision because the artist had used the back of the canvas for a scene of the Moritzburg Ponds.

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Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Nude at the Studio

Painter

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Front: Forest Scene (Moritzburg Lakes)

Period Produced

20th century

School

expressionism

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Oil on canvas

Material

canvas

Technique

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Modern Art 1800–1945

Collection

Depositum

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Acquisition: Possession of the Städel Museum

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

nude

Main Motif

Iconclass

Primary

48C5111 workshop, studio ~ painter
31AA14 human figure of ideal proportions, e.g. academic nude - AA - female human figure
31A2531 hand(s) bent towards the head
31A2352 sitting on an elevation