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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938) Fehmarnküste signed "EL Kirchner" (lower left) watercolor on pa...

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ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER (1880-1938) Fehmarnküste signed  EL Kirchner  (lower left) watercolor on pa...
ERNST LUDWIG KIRCHNER
(1880-1938)
Fehmarnküste
signed "EL Kirchner" (lower left)
watercolor on paper
13 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (34.5 x 47 cm)
executed in 1912
Estimate: $25,000-30,000 <p>Provenance
Elfriede Wirnitzer
Kunsthandel, Baden-Baden
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1967
The Baltic island of Fehmarn was a major influence on Kirchner's art during this period, and he regarded it as a primitive paradise analogous to Gauguin's Tahiti. In this highly expressive watercolor, he depicts the rugged, wildly natural appearance of its coastline. It relates closely to the oil painting of the same title and year (Gordon no. 264)