India Ink. With the estate stamp of the Kunstmuseum Basel (Lugt 1570b) and the hand-written registration number "F Da/Bi 14" on the reverse. On yellowish wove paper. 29.7 x 19.5 cm. , size of sheet.
[EH].
- A drawing made during the first year of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's time in Davos. - In 1917, he spent the summer in a hut on Stafelalp above Davos. - In addition to the mountain landscape, the rural way of life was an important source of inspiration for the artist's work.
The work is documented at the Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Archive, Wichtrach/Bern.
LITERATURE: Karlheinz Gabler, Skizzen - Versuch einer anschaulichen Typologie, in: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner- Zeichnungenm Pastelle, Aquarelle, Museum der Stadt Aschaffenburg April 19 - May 26, 1980, p. 263 illu. 84 Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 87th auction, Kunst des 20.Jahrhunderts, May 27, 2006, lot 6720 (illu.).