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The image displays bold, angular lines and geometric shapes forming an abstract scene with a border framing the composition. Within the scene, there are figures resembling a group of people engaging in a dynamic dance, with one figure in a flowing dress and another with a raised leg. The figures are depicted against a minimalist background with dark ovals.
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The image displays bold, angular lines and geometric shapes forming an abstract scene with a border framing the composition. Within the scene, there are figures resembling a group of people engaging in a dynamic dance, with one figure in a flowing dress and another with a raised leg. The figures are depicted against a minimalist background with dark ovals.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Acrobatic Dance

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Date
1911
Medium
woodcut printed in black
Dimensions
image: 22 x 33.2 cm (8 11/16 x 13 1/16 in.) sheet: 34.6 x 42.7 cm (13 5/8 x 16 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2012.92.679
Credit line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Woman
  • Dancer
  • Costume
  • Man
Provenance

(Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 20, 1986, lot 56); (via Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

lower left in graphite: Eigen druck; lower right n graphite: E.L. Kirchner; bottom left by later hand in grahite: Sch I 150; lower left verso by later hand in graphite: 4296; 992/25; bottom center verso in graphite: Tanzgruppe, vom Markirk

NGA object ID 154336. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.