Sep 19, 2017 - Sale 2454

Sale 2454 - Lot 406

Price Realized: $ 25,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
ERNST L. KIRCHNER
Spielende Mädchen.

Color etching and drypoint inked in the manner of a monotype, 1921. 213x162 mm; 8 3/8x6 3/8 inches, full margins. Third state (of 3). Signed and inscribed "Eignendruck" in pencil, lower margin. With the "Nachlass E. L. Kirchner" ink stamp, inscribed "R 376 III" in ink, verso. A superb, richly-inked impression with selective wiping of the colored ink in the manner of a monotype.

We have not found another similar impression, printed in colors, at auction in the past 30 years. Dube 382.