Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1880 - 1938 5. Jahresmappe der Künstlergruppe ”Brücke” (4 Blätter). 1910. Portfolio with two (color) woodcuts and an etching by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, front cover featuring a woodcut by Erich Heckel. Sheet (cover, double sheet): 42 x 55.1 cm (16.5 x 21.6 in). Including: Erich Heckel. “Kneeling Nude—Cover of the ‘Brücke’ portfolio by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.” 1910. Ebner/Gabelmann 435 H. Söhn HDO 215-1. Signed and monogrammed on the printing block. On yellow wove paper (double sheet). 29.8 x 39.9 cm (11.7 x 15.7 in). Sheet: 42 x 55.1 cm (16.5 x 21.7 in). Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. “Dancer with Raised Skirt.” 1909. Woodcut. Gercken 376. Söhn HDO 215-3. Signed. On firm wove paper. 25 x 33.9 cm (9.8 x 13.3). Sheet: 40 x 54 cm (15.7 x 21.3 in). Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. “Bather Throwing Reeds.” 1909. Color woodcut. Gercken 375. Söhn HDO 215-2. Signed. On firm wove paper. 19.9 x 29.2 cm (7.8 x 11.5 in). Sheet: 40.2 x 53.9 cm (15.8 x 21.2 in). Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. “Three Bathers at Lake Moritzburg.” 1909. Etching. Gercken 377. Söhn HDO 215-4. Signed. On firm wove paper. 17.8 x 20.5 cm (7 x 8.1 in). Sheet: 40.1 x 53.7 cm (15.8 x 21.1 in). Complete 5th annual portfolio. [AW] More works from the Kropatscheck Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, December 4, 2026; in our “Rare Books” auction on Monday, November 23, 2026; and in our Online Sale from January 15 through February 15, 2027. • An expressive and versatile collection of three prints by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and an elaboratel cover by Erich Heckel. • People and movement, dancing and bathing—these motifs are at the heart of Kirchner’s three works. • Other complete copies of this rare portfolio are at, among others, the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich, the County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover. • Distinguished provenance: Formerly in the collection of Gustav Schiefler (1857–1935). PROVENANCE: Gustav Schiefler Collection (1857–1935), Hamburg. In the family’s possession (until 2003, Christie’s). Fritz Eugen and Hannemarie Kropatscheck Collection, Hamburg (acquired from the above). LITERATURE: Gerhart Söhn, Handbuch der Original-Graphik in deutschen Zeitschriften, Mappenwerken, Kunstbüchern und Katalogen (HDO) 1890–1933, vol. II, Düsseldorf 1991, CR numbers. 215-1 through 215-4. Günther Gercken, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Kritisches Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2 (1909–1911), Bern 2013, CR numbers 375 through 377. Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, vol. 1: 1903–1913, Munich 2021, CR no. 435 H. - - Christie’s, London, German and Austrian Art, February 3, 2003, lot 8. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 17.00 h +/- 20 min.

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