Stehender Akt am Ofenpfeiler. 1924/28.
Pen and India ink drawing.
On light, brownish cardboard. 23 x 15.8 cm (9 x 6.2 in), size of sheet. [CH].

• Spontaneous-dynamic nude from the artist's studio at the "Wildbodenhaus" in Davos.
• The interior of Kirchner's home's is not only a part of his libving and working space, but also subject of many works.
• With the so-called "Viertelstundenakte", Kirchner practiced swift nude drawing as early as in the Dresden "Brücke" days (1905-1911), his later works made in Davos are characterized by a similar degree of spontaneousness and immediate account of the impression.
• Next to the oven behind the dancer, a pillar that Kirchner had carved for the "Wildbodenhaus" and which is also documented in contemporary photographs, can be recognized.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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. 280, SHG no. 411 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 360, SHG no. 801 (with illu.).

In good condition. Cardboard slightly discolored. Corners slightly crimped in places. Upper right maegin with a brownish stain, presumably from the making. With an unobtrusively rubbed spot on the nude's back.