Reclining Nude with Cat (Illustration for _Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Das Graphische Werk_)
Medium
color woodcut illustration from two blocks, printed in orange and blue-violet on folded prospectus
Dimensions
block: 6.2 x 9.4 cm (2 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.) sheet (folded): 26.5 x 16.2 cm (10 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.) sheet (unfolded): 26.5 x 32.4 cm (10 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2007.75.3
About the Artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1880–1938
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was born on May 6, 1880, in Aschaffenburg, Germany, to parents Ernst and Maria Kirchner, part of a family of Prussian descent that frequently relocated due to his father's career as a chemical technician. After early schooling in various towns, he studied architecture at the Königliche Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Dresden from 1901 to 1905, taking courses i...