Head of a Woman
1909
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938)
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Details

  • Artist Name: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1938)
  • Title: Head of a Woman
  • Date: 1909
  • Medium: Charcoal on paper
  • Dimensions: 17 x 12-1/2 in. (43.2 x 31.8 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mr. Norman Granz
  • Accession Number: P.1965.109
  • Copyright: © (for works by E. L. Kirchner) by Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer, Wichtrach/Bern

Object Information

Estate of the artist, in 1938;
Estate of the artist’s wife, Erna Kirchner, until 1945;
Basle Art Museum (maintaining estate) 1945/46-1954;
Brothers of artist, Biberach, Germany, 1954-1955;
[Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lago di Lugano, Switzerland (executor of artist’s estate), 1955, to];
[Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills, California];
Norman Granz, Beverly Hills, California, gift 1965 to;
Pasadena Art Museum;
Norton Simon Museum.

From Europe to California: Galka Scheyer and the Avant-Garde

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2003-05-16 to 2003-10-13

Works by the Die Brucke Artists

  • Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, 1973-04-24 to 1973-06-03

German Expressionist Exhibition

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1988-05-19 to 1989-06-18

Permanent and Loan Collection, 1973

  • Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, 1973-01-30 to 1973-12-31
  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Zeichnungen und Pastelle, 1979, no. 24

Additional Artwork by Artist

Bathers Beneath Trees, Fehmarn Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1913
Seated Female Nudes Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1913-1914
Trees in Autumn Ernst Ludwig Kirchner c. 1906

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