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August 3–November 10, 2008
This exhibition brings together German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's renowned Street Scenes series, created between 1913 and 1915. Considered by many to be the highpoint of Kirchner's career as a whole, this series of seven paintings is showcased with sixty related prints and drawings. This series dates from Kirchner's Berlin period, when the effect of life in the metropolis brought about a dramatic change in his work. Known as the co-founder of the early Expressionist group Brücke, established in Dresden in 1905, Kirchner moved to Berlin in 1911. Here his sense of rebellion against the confining principles of academic painting and the stifling rules of bourgeois society took a new turn, as the charged atmosphere and energy of the city was felt in an expression of acute perspectives, jagged strokes, dense angular forms, and caustic color. The street life in Berlin, in particular the familiar presence of prostitutes, identified by their elaborate plumed hats, captured Kirchner's eye and inspired this spectacular series. Shown together for the first time in New York, these works exude the vitality, decadence, and underlying mood of imminent danger that characterized Berlin on the eve of World War I. To view images of these artworks, please visit the Online Collection at moma.org/collection.
MoMA Audio is available free of charge courtesy of Bloomberg.
This exhibition brings together German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's renowned Street Scenes series, created between 1913 and 1915. Considered by many to be the highpoint of Kirchner's career as a whole, this series of seven paintings is showcased with sixty related prints and drawings. This series dates from Kirchner's Berlin period, when the effect of life in the metropolis brought about a dramatic change in his work. Known as the co-founder of the early Expressionist group Brücke, established in Dresden in 1905, Kirchner moved to Berlin in 1911. Here his sense of rebellion against the confining principles of academic painting and the stifling rules of bourgeois society took a new turn, as the charged atmosphere and energy of the city was felt in an expression of acute perspectives, jagged strokes, dense angular forms, and caustic color. The street life in Berlin, in particular the familiar presence of prostitutes, identified by their elaborate plumed hats, captured Kirchner's eye and inspired this spectacular series. Shown together for the first time in New York, these works exude the vitality, decadence, and underlying mood of imminent danger that characterized Berlin on the eve of World War I. To view images of these artworks, please visit the Online Collection at moma.org/collection.
MoMA Audio is available free of charge courtesy of Bloomberg.
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Study for “Red Cocotte” (Studie zur “roten Kokotte”)
1914
Pencil. 8 1/16 x 6 1/2" (20.5 x 16.6 cm). Brücke-Museum, Berlin. Photograph by Roman März
Cocotte with Dog (Kokotte mit Hund)
1914
Ink. 21 x 15 1/8" (53.3 x 38.4 cm). Private Collection. Courtesy Wolfgang Wittrock, Berlin
Red Cocotte (Rote Kokotte)
1914
Pastel and chalk. 16 1/8 x 11 7/8" (41 x 30.2 cm). Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Untitled from Sketchbook 53
1912-13
Pencil. Page: 8 1/8 x 6 7/16" (20.6 x 16.4 cm). Kirchner Museum Davos, Switzerland
Untitled from Sketchbook 149
1913
Pencil. Page: 8 x 6 3/8" (20.4 x 16.2 cm). Kirchner Museum Davos, Switzerland
Untitled from Sketchbook 87
1914–15
Pencil. Page: 8 x 6 1/2" (20.4 x 16.6 cm). Kirchner Museum Davos, Switzerland
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Bather with Hat (Badende mit Hut)
1913
Watercolor and crayon. 23 3/16 x 18 1/8" (58.9 x 46 cm). Brücke-Museum, Berlin. Photograph by Roman März
Groups of Bathers (Gruppen Badender)
1909
Lithograph. Comp. and sheet: 19 11/16 x 23 7/16" (50 x 59.5 cm). Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Two Bathers on the Beach (Zwei Badende am Strand)
1913
Woodcut. Comp.: 19 11/16 x 14 9/16" (50 x 37 cm). Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Somersaulting Acrobatic Dancers (Sich überschlagende akrobatische Tänzerinnen)
1913
Woodcut. Comp.: 13 3/8 x 19 1/2" (34 x 49.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. General Print Fund and David S. Orentreich Fund. Photograph by Robert Gerhardt
Dancing Couple (Tanzpaar)
1909
Lithograph. Comp.: 15 x 12 7/8" (38.3 x 32.8 cm). Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. © Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, New York
Panama Dancers (Panamatänzerinnen)
1910-11
Oil on canvas. 19 7/8 x 19 7/8" (50.5 x 50.5 cm). North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. Bequest of W. R. Valentiner
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Standing Nude in Front of Tent (Stehender Akt vor dem Zelt). c. 1912–14. Pastel. 26 9/16 x 20 3/16" (67.5 x 51.2 cm). museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Naked Girls in the Studio (Nackte Mädchen im Atelier). 1911. Lithograph. Comp.: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2" (42 x 31.5 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection. © Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Seated Nude, Fixing Her Hair (Sitzender Akt, die Haare ordnend). 1908. Woodcut. Comp.: 25 13/16 x 18 1/8" (65.5 x 46 cm). Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Photograph by Peter McClennan
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
The Blue House in the Potholder District (Das Blaue Haus im Topflappenviertel)
1909
Etching. Plate: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16" (30.6 x 39.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Larry Aldrich Fund. Photograph by Robert Gerhardt
Tramway Arch (Stadtbahnbogen)
1915
Lithograph. Comp.: 19 7/8 x 23 1/4" (50.5 x 59 cm). Collection of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr., New York
Elisabeth Bank (Berlin)
(Elisabeth-Ufer [Berlin])
1912
Woodcut. Comp.: 8 x 9 1/4" (20.3 x 23.5 cm). Portland Art Museum, Oregon. The Helen Thurston Ayer Fund
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Oil on canvas. 49 3/16 x 35 13/16" (125 x 91 cm). Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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Oil on canvas. 47 1/2 x 35 7/8" (120.6 x 91.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase. Photograph by Ellen Page Wilson
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Oil on canvas. 6' 6 3/4 x 59 1/16" (200 x 150 cm). Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photograph by Joerg P. Anders.
© Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, New York
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Lithograph. Comp.: 23 3/8 x 19 11/16" (59.5 x 50 cm). Collection of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz, Jr., New York
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Postcard. Thomas-ullstein bild/The Granger Collection, New York
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