Im Liegestuhl. 1909.
Charcoal drawing.
With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570 b) and the hand-written registrationnumber "K Dre/Bi 3" on the reverse. On cardboard. 34.6 x 43.3 cm (13.6 x 17 in), size of sheet. [AM].

• The great expressionist shows his masterly swift line.
• Expressive charcoal drawing, presumably made in the artist's Dresden studio.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (with the stamp on the reverse, Lugt 1570 b).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Aquarelle, Bilder, Zeichnungen, E.L. Kirchner zum fünfundzwanzigsten Todestag, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, June 18 - October 17, 1963, cat. no. 83.
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 146, SHG no. 134 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 305, SHG no. 691 (with illu.).

Good overall impression. Sheet all in all slightly soiled, with isolated stains and slightly irregular browned in places. Paper partially scuffed in the edges and with isolated paper losses. Slight folding mark in the center, with a closed tear (approx. 11 cm) in the lower area. Mounted on red paper.