Colored chalk drawing over pencil. On thin smooth wove paper. 11.1 x 14.5 cm. , size of shee.
- From the best "Brücke" period of the sought-after Dresden years. - The world of vaudeville, theater and circus was one of the main subjects of the "Brücke" artists. - E. L. Kirchner developed a particular fascination for dance in Dresden, which is reflected in the drawings, prints and paintings in his vast oeuvre. - In his spontaneous drawings, the artist achieved the greatest possible immediacy.
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 148, SHG no. 140 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 309, SHG no. 702 (illu.).