Spielende Kinder. Um 1910.
Pencil, color pen, India ink and watercolor.
With the stamp “E.L. Kirchner Orig. Zeichnung aus Slg. Lise Gujer. Bei Kornfeld und Klipstein erworben durch Galerie Nierendorf bestätigt Florian Karsch” on the reverse, as well as the registration number “E71-746 / 33”, also titled, dated and inscribed with the location “Dresdner Vorstadt”. On firm cardboard. 17.5 x 29 cm (6.8 x 11.4 in), the full sheet.
[KT].
• From the Brücke heyday.
• Kirchner captures the childrens' carefree play in expressive dynamics.
• Originality and authenticity were programmatic for the Brücke artists, Kirchner exemplifies both in this work.

We are grateful to Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Presler for his kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Erna Kirchner, Davos-Sertig.
Collection/estate/Lise Gujer, Davos-Sertig (from the above around 1943, until 1971: Kornfeld and Klipstein).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired from the above in 1971, with the purchase number on the reverse).
Private collection, Northern Germany (acquired in 1996).

LITERATURE: Kornfeld and Klipstein, Moderne Kunst des neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, June 10, 1971, as part of a mixed lot, lots 541-544.
Bolland & Marotz, Bremen, auction on June 24, 1995, lot 871 (illustrated).

Good overall impression. Cardboard browned. Some isolated faint soiled spots, presumably from the making.