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Frauenbildnis (Portrait of a Woman) — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938). Frauenbildnis (Portrait of a Woman), 1911. Oil on canvas, 46 3/8 x 34 5/8 inches (117.8 x 88 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; General Purchase Funds, 1957 (1957:3R).

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German, 1880-1938

Frauenbildnis (Portrait of a Woman), 1911

oil on canvas

support: 46 3/8 x 34 5/8 inches (117.79 x 87.95 cm); framed: 56 1/2 x 44 7/8 x 3 inches (143.51 x 113.98 x 7.62 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

General Purchase Funds, 1957

1957:3R

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Inscriptions

signature, dated / lower right / L. Kirchner 11

estate mark / middle upper right / Nachlass E L Kircher Da/Bc 20

Provenance

Kirchner estate until 1954;
to Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf;
to Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, 1956;
sold to the Albright Art Gallery, March 15, 1957

Class

Paintings (visual works)

Work Type

Oil painting (visual work)

This information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

This is one side of a double-sided painting. For the reverse side, please see Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Schiahorner mit Enzian (Schiahorner with Gentian), 1925.