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Couple in Room, Nude Man with Woman

1915–16
(German, 1880–1938)
Measurements
Image: 59.5 x 50.5 cm (23 7/16 x 19 7/8 in.); Sheet: 71.1 x 57.4 cm (28 x 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Catalogue raisonné
Dube 321
State
II/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view

Description

The man in this image resembles one of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s close friends, Hugo Biallowons, who was killed in World War I shortly after this print was made. Kirchner depicted the man in a cramped space next to a nude woman who reaches for him without making eye contact. The yellow paper suggests artificial light. Kirchner owned one large lithographic stone, from which he made one lithograph after another simply by sanding down the stone, and then starting again with a new composition. This resulted in very small editions. By spreading water mixed with turpentine over the surface of the stone to loosen the lithographic crayon, he created unexpected and spontaneous results, seen here in the grainy and broken lines.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink on yellow paper depicts a nude man and woman. To our left, the man's elongated face features wide eyes and a thin mouth. To our right, the woman looks down with downcast eyes. Thick, frantic, and expressive black strokes define their bodies and facial features. Dense, sketchy lines throughout the background suggest an enclosed space, creating a textured and agitated scene.

Couple in Room, Nude Man with Woman

1915–16

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

(German, 1880–1938)
Germany, 20th century

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