Stafelalp, Gesamtansicht (Alpaufzug)

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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938)
Stafelalp, Gesamtansicht (Alpaufzug)
woodcut, on smooth thin card, 1918, an exceptionally rare impression of Dube's first state (of two), signed and inscribed 'Handdruck Frau und Dr. Ludwig und ihren Kindern' in pencil, with margins, framed
Image: 13 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (333 x 565 mm.)
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (444 x 692 mm.)

Provenance

150 Ausgewählte Kunstwerke des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts - Teil I, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 22 June 2001, lot 82.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

Gercken 911; Dube W379

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Lot Essay

This work was created in the Summer of 1918 during Kirchner's second stay on the Stafelalp above Davos Frauenkirch in Switzerland. It is dedicated to Dr. Ludwig Binswanger and his family, the doctor at Bellevue Sanatorium in Kruezlingen where Kirchner stayed for treatment during the winter of 1917-1918. The Binswanger family visited Kirchner in September 1919 and this work was most likely dedicated and given to the couple on this occasion.

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