Portrait of David Müller / Ernst Kirchner
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1949/2.57
- Title
- Portrait of David Müller
- Artist
- Ernst Kirchner
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1938
- Medium and Support
- woodcut on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1919
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Switzerland (nation)
- Davos
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Switzerland (nation)
- Creation Place 4
- Davos
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionist
- Inscription
- Signed, with stamp: E L Kirchner Signed on plate: ELK
- Dimensions
- 45.72 cm x 35.56 cm (18 7/8 in. x 14 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Portrait head with landscape in background.
- Subject Matter
- Following the First World War, Kirchner and his wife left their native Germany and settled on a Swiss farm in Davos owned by the Müller family. It was with their son David, pictured here, that the artist formed a deep, lifelong friendship. In this portrait we see the influence of primitive art, inspiring to many of the Expressionists, in the conical head and mask-like face.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 963 x 1135
- File Size
- 207 KB
- Record
- 1949/2.57
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-2.57/1949_2.57.jpg
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"Portrait of David Müller; Ernst Kirchner." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-2.57/1949_2.57.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
