Nude in a Room Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

• The use of watercolour technique is entirely ‘typical’ of Kirchner • A nude drawing characterised by the interplay of colour and sweeping lines • Created in 1914, the fateful year for Kirchner and the whole world ‘Nude in Space’ dates from a period of upheaval in Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s life – yet gives no hint of it. With a nimble brush, the artist applies the watercolours side by side and into one another, filling the space and creating a nude in half-profile within a space that is indefinable yet highly colourful. The result is a joyful painting that embodies Kirchner’s characteristic qualities. Yet 1914 saw the outbreak of the First World War, which would change the world to an unprecedented extent. No one remains unaffected by it; for Kirchner and his contemporaries, this meant fundamental upheavals in their lives. In very concrete terms, the outbreak of war initially had a seemingly trivial effect on Kirchner and his partner Erna Schilling: they were forced to cut short their holiday. For several years, the couple had enjoyed spending a great deal of time on the island of Fehmarn. There they were staying with the Lüthmanns, with whom they had already formed a friendship by 1914. On the island, Schilling and Kirchner revelled in a simple life close to nature. They were fascinated by ideas such as the ‘Lebensreform’ movement and naturism – a break from the rigid constraints of the Empire’s social conventions. Did they know that they would never return to Fehmarn? On their journey home, the pair came under suspicion of espionage; although the suspicion was eventually cleared, it left Kirchner traumatised, placing further strain on his already fragile psyche. | 1880 Aschaffenburg - Frauenkirch/Davos 1938 | Moderne Kunst | Arbeiten auf Papier | Nummer: 26x2451 | Provenance: Nachlass des Künstlers, verso mit dem Basler Stempel (Lugt 1570b) und der handschriftlichen Registriernummer "A Be/Bg 16" sowie den Vermerken "K 3780" und "340y"; Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, München 28./29.5.1979, Los 614; Sammlung/Nachlass Serge Sabarsky, New York, bei Vorgenannter erworben; Sammlung/Stiftung Vally Sabarsky, New York.

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