Dancing Couple (Dodo and Partner) / Ernst Kirchner
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.82
- Title
- Dancing Couple (Dodo and Partner)
- Artist
- Ernst Kirchner
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1880-1938
- Medium and Support
- graphite on coated wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1910
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Saxony (state)
- Dresden
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Saxony (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Dresden
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism / Die Brücke
- Inscription
- VERSO. Estate stamp in ink, lower left corner: NACHLASS / E. L. Kirchner
- Inscribed in stamp, in ink, lower left corner: B Dre/Bi 702
- Inscribed above stamp, in pencil, lower left: 20Y8 / K 2453
- Inscribed in pencil, center of bottom edge: 95 (inscribed in circle) / 1 2/3
- Dimensions
- 33.66 cm x 27.31 cm (13 1/4 in. x 10 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- life drawing
- Physical Description
- A man and woman embrace in center; the man appears in a dress coat, the woman in a very large hat. She looks out at the viewer, while the man's head is turned to the left. Near the woman's left elbow is the outline of a suggested figure; another embracing couple is outlined to the right. The smaller figures suggest a perspective and size to the space, only suggested through brief lines and indistinct objects on the left. Artist's sketch from life; Kirchner developed a rapid, stroke-oriented (as opposed to detail-oriented) sketch style when out in the world.
- Subject Matter
- Central dancing couple in a large dance hall, the woman looking at the viewer over the man's shoulder. The woman's large hat and side-parted dark hair identifies her as Dodo (Doris Grohse), Kirchner's girlfriend in Dresden and a frequent model. The man is likely also a portrait of a friend, as yet unidentified. See listings in Authorities, and copies of other works in object file.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- components and systems
- entertainment buildings
- object groupings
- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by general context
- recreation buildings
- recreation structures
- sets (groups)
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2393 x 2963
- File Size
- 966 KB
- Record
- 2007/2.82
- Link to this Item
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"Dancing Couple (Dodo and Partner); Ernst Kirchner." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.82/2007_2_82.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
