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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).

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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

Work Type

Oil painting

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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).