Artist Monograph

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German

German, 1880–1938

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Woodcut 145 84.3%
Lithography 14 8.1%
Etching 3 1.7%
Oil Painting 3 1.7%
Drawing 3 1.7%
Watercolor 2 1.2%
Other Media 2 1.2%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 170 98.8%
Painting & Sculpture 2 1.2%

Production by Decade

21
1900s
59
1910s
85
1920s
7
1930s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 93
  • Print — 69
  • Drawing — 5
  • Periodical — 3
  • Painting — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)11567.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)5431.6%
Large (1–3 m)21.2%

Range: 4.9 cm → 200.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19391
194114
19451
19471
19494
195110
19527
19546
19556
195611
19572
19581
19601
19611
196482
19651
19711
19771
19841
19851
19974
20022
20071
201011

German Contemporaries

  1. 835 Lilly Reich
  2. 750 August Sander
  3. 270 Thomas Schütte
  4. 260 Martin Kippenberger
  5. 224 Michael Schmidt