id:			140070
accession number:	1963.86
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.86
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:17.461000

Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees, 1918/19. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938). Graphite and brush and black ink; sheet: 34.6 x 50.7 cm (13 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1963.86

title:				Mountain Landscape with Fir Trees
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creation date:			1918/19
creation date earliest:		1918
creation date latest:		1919
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
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culture:	Germany, 20th century
technique:	graphite and brush and black ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 34.6 x 50.7 cm (13 5/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(2) wove paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965
	opening date:   1966-05-20T04:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings, 1916-1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20-July 24, 1966).

	title:		German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries
	opening date:   1980-04-01T05:00:00
	<i>German Drawings of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 1-July 13, 1980).

	title:		Brush Drawings
	opening date:   1981-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Brush Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 3-May 10, 1981).

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		National Schools of Style
	opening date:   1983-06-14T04:00:00
	<i>National Schools of Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

	title:		Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War
	opening date:   1989-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10, 1989-January 7, 1990).

	title:		The German Tradition
	opening date:   1993-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>The German Tradition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 27, 1993).

	title:		Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
	opening date:   2018-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Berlin (Lugt 1570b (artist's estate stamp), verso, lower left, in violet ink; notation, by hand, within stamp, in black ink: PDa/Aa 30. [Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Stuttgart]
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wall description:
Following his discharge from the military after a mental and physical breakdown in 1915, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner took refuge at a sanitarium near Davos, Switzerland. The alpine landscape provided a new focus for his work and became a metaphor for his spiritual regeneration. Kirchner sketched this scene with black ink swept over graphite. His viewpoint is one of self-absorption, from within the mountain range rather than from above, a subjective view with vigorous marks that imbue the scene with energy.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 197
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n221

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 197
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n221

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 245
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n265

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IMAGES

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